⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-160769, with some changes.

Pleurothallis purpurea D.Don is a synonym of Bulbophyllum careyanum (Hook.) Spreng.

This name is a synonym of Bulbophyllum careyanum (Hook.) Spreng..

The record derives from WCSP which reports it as a synonym (record 160769) with original publication details: Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 33 1825.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:653419-1.