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Internal ID UUID64402bb5b4b2a421195979
Scientific name Cattleya violacea
Authority (Kunth) Rolfe
First published in Gard. Chron. 1842: 472 (1842)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Cattleya violacea var. huebneri Schltr. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 42(2): 108 (1925)
Cattleya odoratissima P.N.Don Florist's J. 1840: 185 (1840)
Cattleya schomburgkii Lodd. ex Lindl. Sert. Orchid. t. 22. 1838 (1838)
Cattleya superba Schomb. ex Lindl. Ann. Nat. Hist. 1: 479 (1838)
Cattleya superba var. alba Rolfe Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 8: 620 (1890)
Cattleya superba var. splendens Lem. Ill. Hort. 16: t. 605 (1869)
Cattleya violacea f. alba (Rolfe) Christenson Lindleyana 11: 14 (1996)
Cattleya violacea var. alba Fowlie Braz. Bifol. Cattleyas : 51 (1977)
Cattleya violacea var. ashworthii (hort.) Braem Cattleya Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas : 87 (1984)
Cattleya violacea var. splendens (Lemaire) Fowlie Braz. Bifol. Cattleyas : 51 (1977)
Cattleya violacea var. wellsiana (hort.) Braem Cattleya Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas : 87 (1984)
Cymbidium violaceum Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 341 (1816)
Epidendrum superbum Rchb.f. Xenia Orchid. 2: 32 (1862)
Cattleya superba var. ashworthii auct. Orchid Rev. 3: 217 1895
Cattleya superba var. wellsiana auct. Gard. Mag. (London) 1894: 217 1894
Epidendrum violaceum (Kunth) Rchb.f. Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 318 (1861)
Cattleya superba var. ashworthii Anon. Orchid Rev. 3: 217 (1895)
Cattleya superba var. wellsiana Anon. Gard. Mag. (London) 1894: 217 (1894)

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Language Common/alternative name
English violet cattleya
English "violet cattley's"
English superba of the orinoco
Russian Каттлея фиолетовая
Russian cattleya odoratissima
Russian cattleya schomburgkii
Russian cattleya superba
Russian cymbidium violaceum
Chinese 堇花卡特兰

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  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000824016
Tropicos 23506712
INPN 731972
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:622273-1
The Plant List kew-36160
Open Tree Of Life 270802
NCBI Taxonomy 123127
IPNI 622273-1
iNaturalist 574759
GBIF 2797564
Freebase /m/0660fvf
EPPO CTBVI
EOL 1090710
Wikipedia Cattleya_violacea

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PeCIN8 expression correlates with flower size and resistance to yellow leaf disease in Phalaenopsis orchids Wu YJ, Chen SY, Hsu FC, Wu WL, Hsieh TF, Su JF, Lai YH, Lai PC, Chen WH, Chen HH BMC Plant Biol 07-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10629045
doi:10.1186/s12870-023-04567-3
PMID:37936061
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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