Cattleya maxima

Cattleya maxima

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Epidendreae
Subtribus: Laeliinae
Genus: Cattleya

Species: Cattleya maxima

Name

Cattleya maxima Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 116 (1833)

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Epidendrum maximum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 316 (1861)
• Heterotypic
  • 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)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Western South America Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lindley, J. 1833. The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 116.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cattleya maxima. Accessed: 2022 May 26.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cattleya maxima in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 26. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cattleya maxima in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 26. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Cattleya maxima. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Cattleya maxima. Published online. Accessed: 26 May 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Cattleya maxima. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 May 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Largest Cattleya
русский: Каттлея крупнейшая
中文: 巨花卡特兰

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