Cattleya gaskelliana is a labiate Cattleya species of orchid. The diploid chromosome number of C. gaskelliana has been determined as 2n = 40.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Cattleya |
| Subgenus: | Cattleya subg. Cattleya |
| Section: | Cattleya sect. Cattleya |
| Species: | C. gaskelliana
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This species is endangered due to its habitat being wiped out by things like urbanization and mining. It also is overly extracted for commercial use. Because of its low breeding success (5% of seeds being germinated and even less making it to adulthood), it is important to find ways to help conserve this plant. One way is by studying ways to improve vitro propagation.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Cattleya gaskelliana (N.E.Br.) B.S.Williams". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
- ^ "Cattleya gaskelliana (N.E.Br.) B.S.Williams". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
- ^ page 250 of L. P. Felix and M. 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. Downloaded October 2010 from onlinelibrary.wiley.com
- ^ Mercado, Seir Antonio Salazar; Jaimes, Yuri Manuelita Osorio (August 2022). "Inclusion of organic components in culture medium to improve the in vitro propagation of Cattleya warscewiczii and Cattleya gaskelliana". South African Journal of Botany. 148: 352–359. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2022.05.002.
External links
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