| Name | Stelis purpurascens A. Richard & Galeotti |
| Authorship | A. Richard & Galeotti |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Stelis Swartz |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:320007-2 |
| Citation | 1845 Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. ser. 3, 3: 18 |
| Holdings | 57 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Stelis purpurascens A. Richard & Galeotti |
| Identification made in | [no date] (51), 1932 (1), 1940 (2), 1942 (1), 1957 (1), 2006 (1) |