Cattleya maxima

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Cattleya maxima']

• English: Largest Cattleya
• مصرى: كاتليا ماكسيما
• русский: Каттлея крупнейшая
• 中文: 巨花卡特兰

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Epidendreae • Subtribus: Laeliinae • Genus: Cattleya • Species: Cattleya maxima Lindl. (1833)

Synonyms

Homotypic synonyms Epidendrum maximum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 316 (1861) Heterotypic synonyms Cattleya maxima var. aphlebia Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 22: 394 (1884) Cattleya malouana Linden, Lindenia 1: 90 (1885) Cattleya maxima var. backhousii Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 24: 142 (1885) Cattleya maxima var. hrubyana L.Linden & Rodigas, Lindenia 1: 29 (1885) Cattleya maxima var. marchettiana B.S.Williams, Orchid Album 9: t. 404 (1891) Cattleya maxima f. aphlebia (Rchb.f.) Roeth, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 61: 45 (2010) Cattleya maxima f. alba (A.H.Kent) L.Becker, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 65: 229 (2014)

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Botanical illustrations

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  Cattleya maxima
  plate 1 in:
  Edwards's Bot. Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 32,
  (1846)
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  plate 12 in:
  John Gould:
  A Monograph of the Trochilidae
  vol. 1,
  (1849-1861)
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  plate 94 in:
  John Gould:
  A Monograph of the Trochilidae
  vol. 2,
  (1849-1861)
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  (as syn.
  Cattleya malouana)
  aquarell in:
  Collection d'orchidées,
  (1850-1870)
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  plate 4902 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 82,
  (1856)
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  plate 95 in:
  H. G. Reichenbach:
  Xenia orchidacea - vol. 1
  (1858)
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  plate 131 in:
  James Bateman:
  A Second Century of
  Orchidaceous Plants
  London (1867)
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  (as syn.
  Cattleya maxima
  var. backhousii)
  Plate 193 in:
  R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
  The Orchid Album
  (1882-1897)
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  (as syn.
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  var. marchettiana)
  Plate 404 in:
  R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
  The Orchid Album
  (1882-1897)
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  plate 211 in:
  Jean Jules Linden
  L. Linden & E. Rodigas:
  Lindenia
  (1885-1906)
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  plate 558 in:
  Jean Jules Linden
  L. Linden & E. Rodigas:
  Lindenia
  (1885-1906)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Southern America Regional: Western South America Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

References

Description of taxon

• Lindley, J. (1831) The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 116.

Selected Bibliography

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2006) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 213 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198507127
  

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Cattleya maxima.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Cattleya maxima
• eMonocot link: Cattleya maxima
• Tropicos link: Cattleya maxima
• International Plant Names Index link: Cattleya maxima