Reaching a compromise between conflicting nuclear and plastid phylogenetic trees: A new classification for the genus Cattleya (Epidendreae; Epidendroideae; Orchidaceae)

Abstract

A new classification for the 114 species Cattleya is proposed, based on and compatible with previously published nuclear, plastid and combined phylogenetic trees. Cattleya is divided into four subgenera, three sections and five series. A key to the infrageneric categories and a table listing all species and their placement is presented.