Cattleya violacea

Cattleya violacea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG III (down to family level) Main Page Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Epidendreae
Subtribus: Laeliinae
Genus: Cattleya
Species: Cattleya violacea

Name

Cattleya violacea (Kunth) Rolfe, Gard. Chron., III, 5: 802 (1889)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cymbidium violaceum Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 341 (1816)
• Homotypic
  • Epidendrum violaceum (Kunth) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 318. (1861), nom. illeg. non Jacq. (1763)
• Heterotypic
  • Cattleya schomburgkii Lodd. ex Lindl., Sert. Orchid.: t. 22 (1838)
  • Cattleya superba M.R.Schomb. ex Lindl., Ann. Nat. Hist. 1: 479 (1838)
  • Cattleya odoratissima P.N.Don, Florist's J. 1840: 185 (1840)
  • Epidendrum superbum (M.R.Schomb. ex Lindl.) Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 2: 32 (1862)
  • Cattleya superba var. splendens Lem., Ill. Hort. 16: t. 605 (1869)
  • Cattleya superba var. alba Rolfe, Gard. Chron., III, 8: 620 (1890)
  • Cattleya superba var. wellsiana auct., Gard. Mag. (London) 1894: 217 (1894)
  • Cattleya superba var. ashworthii auct., Orchid Rev. 3: 217 (1895)
  • Cattleya violacea var. huebneri Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 42(2): 108 (1925)
  • Cattleya violacea var. alba (Rolfe) Fowlie, Braz. Bifol. Cattleyas: 51 (1977)
  • Cattleya violacea var. splendens (Lem.) Fowlie, Braz. Bifol. Cattleyas: 51 (1977)
  • Cattleya violacea var. ashworthii (auct.) Braem, Cattleya Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas: 87 (1984)
  • Cattleya violacea var. wellsiana (auct.) Braem, Cattleya Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas: 87 (1984)
  • Cattleya violacea f. alba (Rolfe) Christenson, Lindleyana 11: 14 (1996)

Homonyms

• • Cattleya violacea (Linden ex Lindl.) Beer, Prakt. Stud. Orchid.: 215 (1854), pro syn.

Nothospecies

• Cattleya × brymeriana Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 1883(2): 492 (1883)

References

• Rolfe, R.A. 1889. Gard. Chron., III, 5: 802.
• Govaerts, R. & al. 2011. Cattleya violacea in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2011 Feb 21.
• Tropicos.org: 2012. Cattleya violacea Published on internet. Accessed: 2012 June 30.
• International Plant Names Index: 2012. Cattleya violacea . Published on the Internet. Accessed June 30 2012

Vernacular names

English: Violet Cattleya
русский: Каттлея фиолетовая

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