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Cattleya elongata

(Cattleya elongata)

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Description

Cattleya elongata, the Cattleya with the Elongated Stalk, is an orchid species in the genus Cattleya endemic to the campo rupestre vegetation in northeastern Brazil. Its ploidy is 2n= 80. C. elongata forms two natural hybrids : - Cattleya × tenuata (= C. elongata × C. tenuis) (Brazil) . - Cattleya × undulata ( = C. elongata × C. schilleriana) (Brazil).

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Liliopsida
Order:Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Genus:Cattleya
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