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Internal ID UUID64402daa023bf593910636
Scientific name Cattleya purpurata
Authority (Lindl. & Paxton) Van den Berg
First published in Gard. Chron. 1855: 319. [12 May 1855]

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Laelia casperiana Rchb.f. Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 2: 336 (1859)
Laelia purpurata Lindl. & Paxton Paxton's Fl. Gard. 3: 111 (1852)
Laelia russelliana hort. ex Williams Orch.-Grow. Man. , ed. 6: 366 (1885)
Sophronitis purpurata (Lindl. & Paxton) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase Lindleyana 15: 118 (2000)
Bletia casperiana Rchb.f. Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 423 (1862)
Hadrolaelia purpurata (Lindl. & Paxton) Chiron & V.P.Castro Richardiana 2(1): 19 (2002).
Bletia purpurata var. aurorea Rchb.f. Xenia Orchid. 2: 53 (1862)
Bletia purpurata var. pallida Rchb.f. Xenia Orchid. 2: 53 (1862)
Bletia purpurata var. praetexta (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. Xenia Orchid. 2: 53 (1862)
Laelia purpurata var. blenheimense R.Warner & B.S.Williams Orchid Album 8: t. 346 (1889)
Laelia purpurata var. nelisii Lem. Ill. Hort. 15: t. 569 (1868)
Laelia purpurata var. praetexta Rchb.f. Allg. Gartenzeitung 23: 241 (1855)
Laelia purpurata var. rosea Regel Gartenflora 21: 225 (1872)
Laelia purpurata var. russelliana B.S.Williams Orchid Album 6: t. 269 (1887)
Brasilaelia purpurata (Lindl. & Paxton) Campacci Colet. Orquídeas Brasil. 4(Pré-anexo): 100 (2006)
Chironiella purpurata (Lindl. & Paxton) Braem Richardiana 6: 109 (2006)
Cattleya brysiana Lem. Jard. Fleur. 3: t. 275 (1853)
Hadrolaelia purpurata f. virginalis (L.C.Menezes) F.Barros & J.A.N.Bat. Orquidologia Sul-Amer. : 103 (2004)
Laelia purpurata var. virginalis L.C.Menezes Orquidário 9: 34 (1995)
Amalia purpurea Heynh. Alph. Aufz. Gew. : 29 (1846)
Bletia purpurata (Lindl. & Paxton) Rchb.f. Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 423 (1862)
Cattleya purpurata var. blenheimense (R.Warner & B.S.Williams) K.A.Roberts Orchids (West Palm Beach) 85(10, Suppl.): 57 (2016)
Cattleya purpurata var. nelisii (Lem.) K.A.Roberts Orchids (West Palm Beach) 85(10, Suppl.): 57 (2016)
Cattleya purpurata var. praetexta (Rchb.f.) K.A.Roberts Orchids (West Palm Beach) 85(10, Suppl.): 57 (2016)
Cattleya purpurata var. russelliana (B.S.Williams) K.A.Roberts Orchids (West Palm Beach) 85(10, Suppl.): 58 (2016)
Cattleya purpurata var. rosea (Regel) K.A.Roberts Orchids (West Palm Beach) 85(10, Suppl.): 57 (2016)
Cattleya purpurata var. virginalis (L.C.Menezes) K.A.Roberts Orchids (West Palm Beach) 85(10, Suppl.): 58 (2016)

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Language Common/alternative name
German laelia purpurata (syn.)
German sophronitis purpurata (syn.)
Portuguese bainha-de-faca
Russian Каттлея пурпурная
Chinese 紫花卡特兰
Chinese 紫花蕾丽兰

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World Flora Online wfo-0000837298
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60448120-2
The Plant List kew-374620
Open Tree Of Life 562593
NCBI Taxonomy 142329
IPNI 60448120-2
iNaturalist 542226
GBIF 2812173
Freebase /m/0d4kjh
EOL 1130426
Wikipedia Cattleya_purpurata

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Contribution of Morphoanatomic Characters to the Taxonomy of the Genus LAELIA (Orchidaceae) in Mexico and Their Implication in Environmental Adaptation Castellanos-Ramírez M, Rosas U, Guzmán-Ramos MC, Sandoval-Zapotitla E Plants (Basel) 01-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005411
doi:10.3390/plants12051089
PMID:36903949
The Dark Side of Orchid Symbiosis: Can Tulasnella calospora Decompose Host Tissues? Adamo M, Chialva M, Calevo J, De Rose S, Girlanda M, Perotto S, Balestrini R Int J Mol Sci 29-Apr-2020
PMCID:PMC7247694
doi:10.3390/ijms21093139
PMID:32365577
Study of the potential adverse effects caused by the dermal application of Dillenia indica L. fruit extract standardized to betulinic acid in rodents Fernandes FS, da Silva GS, Hilel AS, Carvalho AC, Remor KV, Schlindwein AD, Kanis LA, Martins DF, Kviecinski MR PLoS One 31-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6544281
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0217718
PMID:31150479
Physiological diversity of orchids Zhang S, Yang Y, Li J, Qin J, Zhang W, Huang W, Hu H Plant Divers 25-Jun-2018
PMCID:PMC6137271
doi:10.1016/j.pld.2018.06.003
PMID:30740565
Bio-inspired, large scale, highly-scattering films for nanoparticle-alternative white surfaces Syurik J, Siddique RH, Dollmann A, Gomard G, Schneider M, Worgull M, Wiegand G, Hölscher H Sci Rep 21-Apr-2017
PMCID:PMC5399467
doi:10.1038/srep46637
PMID:28429805
Healing effect of Dillenia indica fruit extracts standardized to betulinic acid on ultraviolet radiation-induced psoriasis-like wounds in rats Kviecinski MR, David IM, Fernandes FD, Correa MD, Clarinda MM, Freitas AF, da Silva J, Gava M, Müller SD, Florentino D, Petronilho F, Moterle D, Kanis LA, Pedrosa RC Pharm Biol 12-Dec-2016
PMCID:PMC6130706
doi:10.1080/13880209.2016.1266672
PMID:27951742
A phylogenetic study of Laeliinae (Orchidaceae) based on combined nuclear and plastid DNA sequences van den Berg C, Higgins WE, Dressler RL, Whitten WM, Soto-Arenas MA, Chase MW Ann Bot 07-May-2009
PMCID:PMC2720643
doi:10.1093/aob/mcp101
PMID:19423551

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