World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Malaxis purpurea Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 673 (1891), nom. illeg.

This name is a synonym.

Homotypic Names:
Accepted Name:	Tamayorkis porphyrea (Ridl.) Salazar & Soto Arenas, Acta Bot. Mex. 97: 53 (2011).
Family:	Orchidaceae
* Microstylis purpurea S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 18: 195 (1883), nom. illeg. Microstylis porphyrea Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 24: 320 (1888). Achroanthes purpurea Greene, Pittonia 2: 184 (1891). Malaxis porphyrea (Ridl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 673 (1891). Achroanthes porphyrea (Ridl.) Wooton & Standl., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 116 (1913). Tamayorkis porphyrea (Ridl.) Salazar & Soto Arenas, Acta Bot. Mex. 97: 53 (2011). * Basionym/Replaced Synonym
Original Compiler:	R.Govaerts