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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Cattleya

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales > Family: Orchidaceae

Eight species cultivated.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Cattleya granulosa

Native to Brazil.

 

Cattleya liabata

Native to Venezuela.

 

Cattleya loddigesii

Native to Brazil.

 

Cattleya luddemanniana

Native to tropical America.

 

Cattleya luteola

Native from Ecuador to Bolivia.

 

Cattleya mendellii

Native to Colombia.

 

Cattleya trianae

Native to Colombia.

 

Cattleya warszewiczii

Native to tropical America.