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Cattleya crispa is a species of orchid indigenous to the Tijuca Mountains north of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, noted for its crisped and ruffled petals and lip. It is the type species for both the subgenus Cattleya subg. Crispae and its section Cattleya sect. Crispae.
Prior to 2000, C. crispa had long been placed in the genus Laelia because it had eight pollinia, instead of the four found in Cattleya labiata, the type species of the genus Cattleya. In 2000, the "Brazilian Laelias" (including L. crispa) were transferred to the genus Sophronitis. In 2008, the entire genus Sophronitis was sunk into the genus Cattleya, and S. crispa was given its original name of C. crispa.
Lady Ackland's Cattleya · Alaor's Cattleya · Cattleya amethystoglossa · Cattleya bicalhoi · Bicolored Cattleya · Cattleya cernua · Cattleya cinnabarina · Scarlet Cattleya · Cattleya crispata · Dorman's Cattleya · Dow's Cattleya · Cattleya elongata
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cattleya crispa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
