Laelia anceps

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Laelia anceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Laeliinae
Alliance: Cattleya
Genus: Laelia
Species: L. anceps
Binomial name
Laelia anceps
Lindl.
Synonyms
  • Amalias anceps (Lindl.) Hoffmanns.
  • Amalia anceps (Lindl.) Heynh.
  • Cattleya anceps (Lindl.) Beer
  • Bletia anceps (Lindl.) Rchb.f.

Laelia anceps is a species of orchid found in Mexico and Guatemala.[1]

Subspecies

  • Laelia anceps ssp. anceps (Mexico to Guatemala). The diploid chromosome number of L. anceps ssp. anceps has been determined as 2n = 40
  • Laelia anceps ssp. dawsonii (J.Anderson) Rolfe (Mexico - Guerrero, Oaxaca). The diploid chromosome number of L. anceps ssp. dawsonii has been determined as 2n = 40.[2]

References

  1. ↑ La Croix, I. F.; Aubron, Manuel (2008). The New Encyclopedia of Orchids:1500 Species in cultivation. Timber Press. p. 238. ISBN 0-88192-876-3. Retrieved June 22, 2009. 
  2. ↑ page 252. Leonardo P. Felix and Marcelo Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163(2010)234-278, The Linnean Society of London
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