Dinesh ji Going through The Plant List, IPNI and GRIN I find that Aerides is a feminine genus, and as such Aerides crispa should be the correct orthography, any reference to crispum in this genus may be treated as orthographic error.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear friends, > > While compiling names for *Aerides crispa* Lindl., came across *Aerides > crispum* Lindl. > Would go with *A. crispum* as orthographic variant of *A. crispa* ... > please validate. > > 1) * > A. crispum* Lindl. is not found in The Plants List > *A. crispum* Lindl. is found in Wikipedia at > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerides_crispum > Here, *A. crispa* Lindl. (1833) is put as synonym of *A. crispum* Lindl. > (1833) > > 2) * > A. crispa* Lindl. is put as endemic to the Western Ghats at the Orchids > of Kerala ... > http://enchantingkerala.org/kerala-orchids/kerala-orchids-aerides.php > *A. crispum* Lindl. is put as native of Malay Archipelago at Hortipedia > ... http://en.hortipedia.com/wiki/Aerides_crispum > Please help in resolving the fact here. > > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > > >
