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)

Primary references

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

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cattleya maxima in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 June 24.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cattleya maxima in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 June 24.
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cattleya maxima. Published online. Accessed 24 June 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Cattleya maxima in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 June 24.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Cattleya maxima . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 June 24.