Lycaste virginalis
A species in the Orchidaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Lycaste
- Species
- Lycaste virginalis
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1888
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Lycaste virginalis. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
27 synonyms in this snapshot
- Lycaste albaName author: (B.S.Williams) Cockerell
- Lycaste jamesianaName author: Anon.
- Lycaste schoenbrunnensisName author: Umlauft
- Lycaste skinneriName author: Lindl.
- Lycaste skinneri f. virginalisName author: (Scheidw.) Christenson
- Lycaste skinneri subvar. albaName author: (B.S.Williams) A.H.Kent
- Lycaste skinneri var. albaName author: Dombrain
- Lycaste skinneri var. albaName author: B.S.Williams
- Lycaste skinneri var. albaviridisName author: Oakeley
- Lycaste skinneri var. armeniacaName author: Rolfe
- Lycaste skinneri var. cobanensisName author: Archila
- Lycaste skinneri var. delicatissimaName author: B.S.Williams
- Lycaste skinneri var. gloriosaName author: R.Warner & B.S.Williams
- Lycaste skinneri var. labelloalbaName author: Oakeley
- Lycaste skinneri var. labelloflavaName author: Oakeley
- Lycaste skinneri var. picturataName author: R.Warner
- Lycaste skinneri var. purpurataName author: R.Warner
- Lycaste skinneri var. reginaeName author: B.S.Williams
- Lycaste skinneri var. roseaName author: B.S.Williams
- Lycaste skinneri var. superbaName author: T.Moore
- Lycaste skinneri var. virginalisName author: (Scheidw.) Gajon-Sanchez
- Lycaste virginalis f. albaName author: (B.S.Williams) Archila & Chiron
- Lycaste virginalis f. cobanensisName author: (Archila) Archila & Chiron
- Lycaste virginalis f. superbaName author: (T.Moore) Archila & Chiron
- Lycaste virginalis var. armeniacaName author: (Rolfe) Archila & Chiron
- Maxillaria skinneriName author: Bateman
- Maxillaria virginalisName author: Scheidw.
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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