| Name | Maxillaria purpurea Ames & Correll |
| Authorship | Ames & Correll |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomInvalid |
| Placed in | Maxillaria Ruiz & Pavon |
| Citation | 1943 Bot. Mus. Leafl. 11: 16 |
| Holdings | 15 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Maxillaria purpurea Ames & Correll |
| Identification made in | [no date] (6), 1947 (1), 1968 (4), 1969 (2), 1970 (1), 1974 (1) |