Cattleya Violacea semi alba flamea

Cattleya violacea (Kunth) Lindl., Gard. Chron. 1842: 472 (1842).
This name is accepted.

Distribution: S. Trop. America
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Lifeform: Pseudobulb epiphyte

Family: Orchidaceae

Original Compiler: R.Govaerts

Homotypic Synonyms:
* Cymbidium violaceum Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 341 (1816).
Epidendrum violaceum (Kunth) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 318 (1861), nom. illeg.

* Basionym/Replaced Synonym

Heterotypic Synonyms:
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., ser. 3, 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).