Cattleya violacea

Cattleya violacea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota 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)

Synonymy

• 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)

Homonym

• Cattleya violacea Beer, Prakt. Stud. Orchid.: 215 (1854), pro syn. - vide: Sobralia violacea Linden ex Lindl., Orchid. Linden.: 26 (1846)

Nothospecies

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

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Brazil Brazil North, Brazil West-Central. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Rolfe, R.A. 1889. The Gardeners' Chronicle, III, 5: 802.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cattleya violacea. Accessed: 2022 May 26.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cattleya violacea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 26. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cattleya violacea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 26. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Cattleya violacea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Cattleya violacea. Published online. Accessed: 26 May 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Cattleya violacea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 May 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Violet Cattleya
русский: Каттлея фиолетовая
中文: 堇花卡特兰

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