Maxillaria parviflora

Purple tiger orchid
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Maxillaria
Species:
M. parviflora
Binomial name
Maxillaria parviflora
(Poepp. & Endl.) Garay
Synonyms[1]
  • Camaridium micranthum M.A.Blanco
  • Camaridium purpureum Spreng.
  • Camaridium purpureum var. parviflorum (Poepp. & Endl.) Hoehne
  • Camaridium vestitum (Sw.) Lindl.
  • Chelyella purpurea Szlach. & Sitko
  • Cymbidium vestitum (Sw.) Sw.
  • Epidendrum vestitum Sw.
  • Maxillaria conferta (Griseb.) C.Schweinf. ex León
  • Maxillaria exigua Regel
  • Maxillaria purpurea (Spreng.) Ames & Correll 1943, illegitimate homonym not (Wight) Beer 1854
  • Maxillaria purpurea var. parviflora (Poepp. & Endl.) C.Schweinf.
  • Maxillaria simulans (Ames & C.Schweinf.) L.O.Williams
  • Maxillaria vestita (Sw.) A.Lemée
  • Ornithidium chloroleucum Barb.Rodr.
  • Ornithidium confertum Griseb.
  • Ornithidium parviflorum (Poepp. & Endl.) Rchb.f.
  • Ornithidium rhomboglossum Schltr.
  • Ornithidium simulans Ames & C.Schweinf.
  • Ornithidium vestitum (Sw.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers
  • Ornithidium virescens Schltr.
  • Pseudomaxillaria chloroleuca (Barb.Rodr.) Hoehne
  • Pseudomaxillaria conferta (Griseb.) Szlach. & Sitko
  • Pseudomaxillaria parviflora (Poepp. & Endl.) Brieger
  • Pseudomaxillaria exigua (Regel) Szlach. & Sitko
  • Pseudomaxillaria rhomboglossa (Schltr.) Brieger
  • Pseudomaxillaria vestita (Sw.) Brieger
  • Pseudomaxillaria virescens (Schltr.) Brieger
  • Scaphyglottis parviflora Poepp. & Endl.

Maxillaria parviflora, the purple tiger orchid, is a species of epiphytic orchid native to Florida, the West Indies and through Latin America from Mexico to Bolivia.[2][3]

Recent molecular studies have suggested that Maxillaria should be split into several genera, with this species included in the genus Camaridium.[2][4]

  1. ^ "Maxillaria parviflora (Poepp. & Endl.) Garay". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Flora of North America, v 26 p 645, Maxillaria parviflora (Poeppig & Endlicher) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 21: 258. 1967.
  4. ^ Blanco, M.A. et al. 2007. Generic realignments in Maxillarinae (Orchidaceae). Lankasteriana 7(3):515-537