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March 2019

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Cattleya violacea (Kunth) Lindl.

This species name was first published in Gard. Chron. 1842: 472 (1842)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000824016.

Synonyms of Cattleya violacea (Kunth) Lindl.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cattleya violacea var. huebneri Schltr. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 42(2): 108 1925 wfo-0000792713
Cattleya odoratissima P.N.Don Florist's J. 1840: 185 1840 wfo-0000822855
Cattleya schomburgkii Lodd. ex Lindl. Sert. Orchid. t. 22 1838 wfo-0000823418
Cattleya superba M.R.Schomb. ex Lindl. Ann. Nat. Hist. 1: 479 1838 wfo-0000823661
Cattleya superba var. alba Rolfe Gard. Chron. III, 8: 620 1890 wfo-0000823672
Cattleya superba var. ashworthii auct. Orchid Rev. 3: 217 1895 wfo-0000823683
Cattleya superba var. splendens Lem. Ill. Hort. 16: t. 605 1869 wfo-0000823694
Cattleya superba var. wellsiana auct. Gard. Mag. (London) 1894: 217 1894 wfo-0000823705
Cattleya violacea f. alba (Rolfe) Christenson Lindleyana 11: 14 1996 wfo-0000824037
Cattleya violacea var. alba (Rolfe) Fowlie Braz. Bifol. Cattleyas 51 1977 wfo-0000824048
Cattleya violacea var. splendens (Lem.) Fowlie Braz. Bifol. Cattleyas 51 1977 wfo-0000824069
Cymbidium violaceum Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 341 1816 wfo-0000934685
Epidendrum superbum (M.R.Schomb. ex Lindl.) Rchb.f. Xenia Orchid. 2: 32 1862 wfo-0000951511
Epidendrum violaceum (Kunth) Rchb.f. Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 318 1861 wfo-0000951727