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The genus Cattleya is in the family Orchidaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cattleya

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Cattleya aclandiae Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya acuensis (Fowlie) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya alagoensis (V.P.Castro & Chiron) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya alaorii (Brieger & Bicalho) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya alvaroana (F.E.L.Miranda) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya amethystoglossa Linden & Rchb.f. ex R.Warner	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya angereri (Pabst) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya araguaiensis Pabst	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya bicalhoi Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya bicolor Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya blumenscheinii (Pabst) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya boissieri R.Hogg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya bradei (Pabst) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × brasiliensis Klinge	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya brevipedunculata (Cogn.) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya briegeri (Blumensch. ex Pabst) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × brymeriana Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × calimaniana Campacci	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × calimaniorum Chiron & V.P.Castro	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya caulescens (Lindl.) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya cernua (Lindl.) ined.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya cinnabarina (Bateman ex Lindl.) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya coccinea Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × colnagiana L.C.Menezes	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya colnagoi (Chiron & V.P.Castro) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya conceicionensis (V.P.Castro & Campacci) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya crispa Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya crispata (Thunb.) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × dayana Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya dichroma Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × dolosa Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya dormaniana (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya dowiana Bateman & Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × dukeana Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × duveenii Pabst & A.F.Mello	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × elegans C.Morren	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya elegantissima Linden	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya elongata Barb.Rodr.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya endsfeldzii (Pabst) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya esalqueana (Blumensch. ex Pabst) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya fidelensis (Pabst) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya flavasulina (F.E.L.Miranda & K.G.Lacerda) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya forbesii Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya fournieri (Cogn.) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × frankeana Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × gaezeriana Campacci	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya gaskelliana (N.E.Br.) B.S.Williams	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya ghillanyi (Pabst) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya gloedeniana (Hoehne) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya gracilis (Pabst) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya grandis (Lindl.) A.A.Chadwick	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × gransabanensis Senghas	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya granulosa Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya guttata Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × hardyana A.J.Hardy ex B.S.Williams	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya harpophylla (Rchb.f.) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya harrisoniana Bateman ex Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya herbacea Rojas Acosta	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya hispidula (Pabst & A.F.Mello) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya hoehnei Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × hummeliana L.C.Menezes & V.P.Castro	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × hybrida H.J.Veitch	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × imperator Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya intermedia Graham ex Hook.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × intricata Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya iricolor Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × isabella Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya itambana (Pabst) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya jenmanii Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × joaquiniana F.E.L.Miranda	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya jongheana (Rchb.f.) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya kautskyana (V.P.Castro & Chiron) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × kautskyi Pabst	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya kerrii Brieger & Bicalho	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya kettieana (Pabst) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × labendziana L.C.Menezes & Braem	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya labiata Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya lawrenceana Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya liliputana (Pabst) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya lobata Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya loddigesii Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya longipes (Rchb.f.) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × lucieniana Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya lueddemanniana Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya luetzelburgii Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya lundii (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya luteola Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya mantiqueirae (Fowlie) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya marcaliana (Campacci & Chiron) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya maxima Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × measuresii Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya mendelii Dombrain	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × mesquitae L.C.Menezes	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya milleri (Blumensch. ex Pabst) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya mirandae (K.G.Lacerda & V.P.Castro) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × mixta L.C.Menezes	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × moduloi L.C.Menezes	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya mooreana Withner, Allison & Guenard	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya mossiae C.Parker ex Hook.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya munchowiana (F.E.L.Miranda) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya neokautskyi Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya nobilior Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya pabstii (F.E.L.Miranda & K.G.Lacerda) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × patrocinii St.-Lég.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya pendula (R.C.Mota, P.L.Viana & K.G.Lacerda) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya percivaliana (Rchb.f.) O'Brien	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya perrinii Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya pfisteri (Pabst & Senghas) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × picturata Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × pittiana O'Brien ex Cogn.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya porphyroglossa Linden & Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya praestans (Rchb.f.) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya presidentensis (Campacci) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya pumila Hook.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya purpurata (Lindl. & Paxton) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya pygmaea (Pabst) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya quadricolor Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya reginae (Pabst) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × resplendens Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya rex O'Brien	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya sanguiloba (Withner) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya schilleriana Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya schofieldiana Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya schroederae Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × schunkiana Campacci	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya sincorana (Schltr.) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya storeyi H.G.Jones	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya tenebrosa (Rolfe) A.A.Chadwick	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × tenuata V.P.Castro & Campacci ex Braem	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya tenuis Campacci & Vedovello	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya teretecaulis (Hoehne) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya tigrina A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya trianae Linden & Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya vandenbergii Fraga & Borges	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × varelae V.P.Castro & Cath.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya velutina Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × venosa Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya verboonenii (F.E.L.Miranda) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × victoria-regina auct.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya violacea (Kunth) Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya virens (Lindl.) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya walkeriana Gardner	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya wallisii (Linden) Linden ex Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya warneri T.Moore ex R.Warner	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya warscewiczii Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × wetmorei (Ruschi) Fraga & A.P.Fontana	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × whitei Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × wilsoniana Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya wittigiana (Barb.Rodr.) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya xanthina (Lindl.) Van den Berg	Accepted		WCSP
Cattleya × zayrae V.P.Castro & Cath.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 411 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cattleya. Of these 151 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 236 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cattleya. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 411 species names for the genus Cattleya recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	151	36.7%
◕	Synonym	181	44.0%
◕	Unplaced	68	16.5%
◕	Unassessed	11	2.7%

All names

The status of the 647 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cattleya recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	155	24.0%
◕	Synonym	413	63.8%
◕	Unplaced	68	10.5%
◕	Unassessed	11	1.7%

Of these names,

• 5 are recorded as invalid
• 9 are recorded as illegitimate
• 2 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 411 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cattleya, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	151	164	0	0	315	76.6%
	Medium confidence	0	6	0	0	6	1.5%
	Low confidence	0	11	68	11	90	21.9%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Cattleya, are as follows: