Cattleya tigrina

Cattleya tigrina is a bifoliate species of Cattleya orchid. The diploid chromosome number of C. tigrina has been determined as 2n = 40.^[1]

Cattleya tigrina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Cattleya
Subgenus:	Cattleya subg. Intermediae
Species:	C. tigrina
Binomial name
Cattleya tigrina A.Rich.
Synonyms
Cattleya guttata subvar. immaculata Rchb.f. Cattleya guttata var. leopardina L. Linden & Rodigas Cattleya guttata var. leopoldii (Verschaff. ex Lem.) Linden & Rchb.f. Cattleya guttata var. purpurea Cogn. Cattleya guttata var. williamsiana Rchb.f. Cattleya leopoldii f. alba (Fowlie) M. Wolff & O. Gruss Cattleya leopoldii f. caerulea (L.C. Menezes) M. Wolff & O. Gruss Cattleya leopoldii f. immaculata (Rchb.f.) M. Wolff & O. Gruss Cattleya leopoldii var. alba Fowlie Cattleya leopoldii var. immaculata (Rchb.f.) Fowlie Cattleya leopoldii var. leopardina (L. Linden & Rodigas) Fowlie Cattleya leopoldii var. williamsiana (Rchb.f.) Fowlie Cattleya leopoldii Verschaff. ex Lem. Cattleya sororia Rchb.f. Cattleya tigrina var. caerulea L.C. Menezes Cattleya tigrina var. immaculata (Rchb.f.) Braem Cattleya tigrina var. leopardina (L. Linden & Rodigas) Braem Cattleya tigrina var. purpurea (Cogn.) Braem Cattleya tigrina var. williamsiana (Rchb.f.) Braem Epidendrum elatius var. leopoldii (Verschaff. ex Lem.) Rchb.f. Epidendrum elegans Vell.

Hybrids

Cattleya × elegans is a hybrid orchid with a formula hybridae Cattleya purpurata (Lindl. & Paxton) Van den Berg (2008) × Cattleya tigrina A.Rich. (1848). It is found in South and South-East Brazil.