⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-331246, with some changes.

Cattleya maxima var. backhousii Rchb.f. is a synonym of Cattleya maxima Lindl.

This name is a synonym of Cattleya maxima Lindl..

The record derives from WCSP which reports it as a synonym (record 331246) with original publication details: Gard. Chron. n.s., 24: 142 1885.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:50267-2.