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December 2023

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Cattleya maxima Lindl.

This species name was first published in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. : 116 (1833) Link to external nomenclature reference

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-0000822614.

Synonyms of Cattleya maxima Lindl.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cattleya maxima var. aphlebia Rchb.f. Gard. Chron. , n.s., 22: 394 (1884) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000792684
Cattleya maxima var. backhousei Rchb.f. Gard. Chron. , n.s., 24: 142 (1885) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000792685
Cattleya maxima var. hrubyana L.Linden & Rodigas Lindenia 1: 29 (1885) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000792686
Cattleya maxima var. marchettiana B.S.Williams Orchid Album 9: t. 404 (1891) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000792687
Cattleya maloriana Lind. Lindenia 1: 90 (1885) wfo-0000822494
Cattleya maxima f. aphlebia (Rchb.f.) Roeth Orchidee (Hamburg) 61: 45 (2010) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000917243
Epidendrum maximum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 316 (1861) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000950676
Cattleya malouana Linden Lindenia 1: 90 (1885) wfo-0001088294
Cattleya maxima f. alba (A.H.Kent) L.Becker Orchidee (Hamburg) 65: 229 (2014) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001322502
Cattleya maxima var. marchettiana B.S.Williams Orchid Album 9: pl. 404. 1891 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001408752
Cattleya maxima subvar. alba A.H.Kent Man. Orchid. Pl. 1: 44 (1887) wfo-1200066046