SUBGENUS Cattleya SECTION Xantheae .mw-parser-output .smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps}Withner (1988) Distribution: S. Panama to Colombia (80 PAN 83 CLM) Lifeform: Pseudobulb epiphyte
Basionym Cattleya aurea Linden, Ill. Hort. 30: t. 493. (1883) Homotypic synonyms Cattleya labiata subvar. aurea ( Linden) Schltr., Die Orchideen: 221. (1914) Cattleya dowiana subsp. aurea ( Linden) Pupulin, Orchids (West Palm Beach) 84: 49 (2015) Heterotypic synonyms Cattleya chrysotaxa ( Sander) God.-Leb., Orchidophile (Argenteuil) 1890: 320 (1890) Cattleya dowiana var. chrysotaxa Sander, Reichenbachiana 2: t. 80 (1890) Cattleya dowiana var. aurea-marmorata auct., Gard. Chron., III, 20: 425 (1896) Cattleya dowiana var. aure-alba Cogn. in C.A.Cogniaux & A.P.G.Goossens, Dict. Icon. Orchid., Cattleya: t. 2c (1897) Cattleya dowiana f. marmorata ( Anon.) Pupulin, Orchids (West Palm Beach) 84: 53 (2015)