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06-19-2013, 09:21 AM
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The black hole od Laeliinae nomenclature
So it would seem much of the Laeliinae has been collapsed into Cattleya since I was out of the loop, at least by what I am seeing on forums (C. purpurata, C. coccinea, etc). Is there a monograph I should reference for this taxonomy?
-Ceci
P.S. Oy I do not even want to start with the chaos that must have transpired in pleurothallid taxonomy over the past half decade....
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06-19-2013, 09:30 AM
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I haven't found a single monograph on these changes, but I outline the major ones here Orchids on a Balcony: Names, Names, Names! |
06-19-2013, 10:01 AM
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06-19-2013, 01:03 PM
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The paper to which Kip posted the link is probably the best starting point. There were some side roads with new genera being published to absorb the Brazilian Laelia species but at this point, as far as I can tell, those were never well accepted and everything that was a Sophronitis or a Brazilian Laelia is now a Cattleya. The Mexican Laelias remain Laelias, and some of the former Schomburgkias are now Laelias as well (the rest mostly being moved to Myrmecophila).
If I'm wrong in that statement, I hope someone will (gently) correct me.
Steve
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06-19-2013, 01:39 PM
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Steve - that sounds about right from what I've read around the place.
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06-19-2013, 02:17 PM
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Don't forget also the new genus Guarianthe that was created for the former Cattleya species aurantiaca, bowringiana, patinii and skinneri. Also that the former C. deckeri is now synonymous with Guarianthe skinneri though C. deckeri used to sometimes be considered synonymous with C. patinii but now Guar. skinneri/deckeri
is apparently different from Guar. patinii.
Guarianthe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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