Cattleya praestans

Cattleya praestans (Rchb.f.) Van den Berg, Neodiversity 3: 10 (2008).
This name is accepted.

Distribution: Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo)
84 BZL

Lifeform: Pseudobulb epiphyte

Family: Orchidaceae

Original Compiler: R.Govaerts

Homotypic Synonyms:
* Laelia praestans Rchb.f., Berliner Allg. Gartenzeitung 1857: 336 (1857).
Bletia praestans (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 425 (1862).
Laelia pumila var. praestans (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch, Man. Orchid. Pl. 2: 79 (1887).
Laelia pumila subsp. praestans (Rchb.f.) Bicalho, Bradea 2: 108 (1976).
Sophronitis praestans (Rchb.f.) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase, Lindleyana 15: 118 (2000).
Hadrolaelia praestans (Rchb.f.) Chiron & V.P.Castro, Richardiana 2: 20 (2002).

* Basionym/Replaced Synonym

Heterotypic Synonyms:
Laelia praestans var. candida L.Linden, Lindenia 14: 5 (1898).
Hadrolaelia spectabilis f. alba F.Barros & J.A.N.Bat., Orquidologia Sul-Amer.: 103 (2004).