Lycaste virginalis (Scheidw.) Linden

Homotypic Synonyms

• Lycaste skinneri var. virginalis (Scheidw.) Gajon-Sanchez in Mejores Orquideas Mexico: 59 (1930), nom. illeg.
• Lycaste skinneri f. virginalis (Scheidw.) Christenson in Lindleyana 11: 18 (1996), nom. illeg.
• Maxillaria virginalis Scheidw. in Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9(1): 25 (1842)

Heterotypic Synonyms

• Lycaste alba (B.S.Williams) Cockerell in Torreya 19: 11 (1919)
• Lycaste jamesiana Anon. in Garden (London, 1871-1927) 35: 502 (1889)
• Lycaste schoenbrunnensis Umlauft in Wiener Ill. Gart.-Zeitung 18: 287 (1893)
• Lycaste skinneri Lindl. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29(Misc.): 15 (1843)
• Lycaste skinneri subvar. alba (B.S.Williams) A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch, Man. Orchid. Pl. 9: 93 (1893)
• Lycaste skinneri var. alba B.S.Williams in Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 2: 117 (1862)
• Lycaste skinneri var. albaviridis Oakeley in Lycaste, Ida, Anguloa: 163 (2008), without type.
• Lycaste skinneri var. armeniaca Rolfe in Reichenbachiana, ser. 2, 1: 39 (1892)
• Lycaste skinneri var. cobanensis Archila in Revista Guatemalensis 5(2): 46 (2002 publ. 2008)
• Lycaste skinneri var. delicatissima B.S.Williams in Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 2: 117 (1862)
• Lycaste skinneri var. gloriosa R.Warner & B.S.Williams in Orchid Album 4: t. 183 (1885)
• Lycaste skinneri var. labelloalba Oakeley in Lycaste, Ida, Anguloa: 165 (2008), holotype is a photo (Art. 37.4 ICBN, 2006).
• Lycaste skinneri var. labelloflava Oakeley in Lycaste, Ida, Anguloa: 166 (2008)
• Lycaste skinneri var. picturata R.Warner in Select Orchid. Pl.: t. 10 (1862)
• Lycaste skinneri var. purpurata R.Warner in Select Orchid. Pl.: t. 10 (1862)
• Lycaste skinneri var. reginae B.S.Williams in Orchid Album 6: t. 283 (1887)
• Lycaste skinneri var. rosea B.S.Williams in Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 2: 118 (1862)
• Lycaste skinneri var. superba T.Moore in Fl. Mag. (London) 1861: t. 24 (1861)
• Lycaste virginalis f. alba (B.S.Williams) Archila & Chiron in Richardiana 11: 111 (2011)
• Lycaste virginalis f. armeniaca (Rolfe) Archila & Chiron in Caesiana 58: 14 (2023)
• Lycaste virginalis var. armeniaca (Rolfe) Archila & Chiron in Richardiana 11: 113 (2011)
• Lycaste virginalis f. cobanensis (Archila) Archila & Chiron in Richardiana 11: 111 (2011), not validly publ., Art.33.4
• Lycaste virginalis f. italica Archila in Caesiana 58: 16 (2023)
• Lycaste virginalis f. superba (T.Moore) Archila & Chiron in Richardiana 11: 111 (2011)
• Maxillaria skinneri Bateman in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 28(Misc.): 10 (1842), nom. illeg.

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