Cattleya purpurata

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Cattleya purpurata']

• português: bainha-de-faca
• русский: Каттлея пурпурная
• 中文: 紫花卡特兰, 紫花蕾丽兰

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 purpurata (Lindl. & Paxton) Rollisson ex Lindl. (1855)

Synonyms

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

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Botanical illustrations

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  plate 96 in first Edition:
  J. Lindley & J. Paxton:
  Paxton's Flower Garden
  (Orchidaceae)
  (1850-1853)
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  (as syn.
  Laelia purpurata)
  plate 93 in:
  Charles Antoine Lemaire:
  L'Illustration horticole
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 3,
  (1856)
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  (as syn.
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  var. praetexta)
  plate 61 in:
  H. G. Reichenbach:
  Xenia orchidacea - vol. 1
  (1858)
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  (as syn.
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  plate 40 in:
  Robert Warner:
  Select Orchidaceous Plants - I. Series
  (1862-1865)
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  Cattleya purpurata
  (as syn.
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  plate 37 in:
  Jean Jules Linden:
  Pescatorea
  Bruxelles (1860)
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  Cattleya purpurata
  (as syn.
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  Plate 2 in:
  R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
  The Orchid Album
  (1882-1897)
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  Cattleya purpurata
  (as syn.
  Laelia purpurata)
  Plate 9 in:
  R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
  The Orchid Album
  (1882-1897)
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  Cattleya purpurata
  (as syn.
  Laelia purpurata
  var. russelliana)
  Plate 269 in:
  R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
  The Orchid Album
  (1882-1897)
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  Cattleya purpurata
  (as syn.
  Laelia purpurata
  var. blenheimense)
  Plate 346 in:
  R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
  The Orchid Album
  (1882-1897)
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  Cattleya purpurata
  (as syn.
  Laelia purpurata
  var. rosea)
  plate 302 in:
  Jean Jules Linden
  L. Linden & E. Rodigas:
  Lindenia
  (1885-1906)
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  Cattleya purpurata
  (as syn.
  Laelia purpurata)
  plate 25 in:
  Frederick Sander:
  Reichenbachia I
  second series
  (1892)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Southern America Brazil Brazil South, Brazil Southeast.

References

Description of taxon

• Van den Berg, C. (2008) Neodiversity: A Journal of Neotropical Biodiversity 3: 10

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 purpurata.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Cattleya purpurata
• eMonocot link: Cattleya purpurata
• Tropicos link: Cattleya purpurata
• International Plant Names Index link: Cattleya purpurata
• The Plant List link: Cattleya purpurata