Cattleya violacea

Cattleya violacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Laeliinae
Alliance: Cattleya
Genus: Cattleya
Subgenus: Cattleya subg. Schomburgkoidea
Species: C. violacea
Binomial name
Cattleya violacea
(Kunth) Rolfe (1889)
Synonyms
  • Cymbidium violaceum Kunth (1816) (Basionym)
  • Epidendrum violaceum (Kunth) Rchb.f. (1861)
  • Cattleya schomburgkii Lodd. ex Lindl. (1838)
  • Cattleya superba M.R. Schomb. ex Lindl. (1838)
  • Cattleya odoratissima P.N. Don (1840)
  • Epidendrum superbum (M.R. Schomb. ex Lindl.) Rchb.f. (1862)
  • Cattleya superba var. splendens Lem. (1869)
  • Cattleya superba var. alba Rolfe (1890)
  • Cattleya superba var. wellsiana auct. (1894)
  • Cattleya superba var. ashworthii auct. (1895)
  • Cattleya violacea var. huebneri Schltr. (1925)
  • Cattleya violacea var. alba (Rolfe) Fowlie (1977)
  • Cattleya violacea var. splendens (Lem.) Fowlie (1977)
  • Cattleya violacea var. ashworthii (auct.) Braem (1984)
  • Cattleya violacea var. wellsiana (auct.) Braem (1984)
  • Cattleya violacea f. alba (Rolfe) Christenson (1996)

Cattleya violacea (literally, The "Violet Cattley's") common name Superba of the Orinoco, is a bifoliate Cattleya species of orchid.

External identifiers for Cattleya violacea
NCBI 123127


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