| Name | Calanthe purpurea Lindley | 
| Authorship | Lindley | 
| Rank | Species | 
| Placed in | Calanthe R. Brown | 
| Citation | 1830-1840[1833]. (May 1833) Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 249 | 
| Holdings | 2 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Calanthe purpurea Lindley | 
| Identification made in | [no date] (2) | 
