Peter,
First off it was not Viateur that posted that, but icones.
If you go to the J. J. Smith reference you will clearly see he demotes B.
vittatum T & B to a variety of B.cernuum, thus the var. vittatum (T & B)
J.J. Sm in Comber. If you do not have this reference I will scan in and send
to you.
This all proves that IPNI and Kew Monocot Checklist are not 100% correct.
You have to do the complete research if you want to make sure its correct.
icones
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter O'Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 12:15 PM
Subject: [OGD] Bulbophyllum vittatum
Viateur said:
"Most likely the reason you could not find it (Bulbophyllum vittatum)
in "recent" literature is because it is a variety of Bulbophyllum
cernuum and is listed as such in Comber's book. J. J. Smith also
listed it as a variety of B. cernuum in Die
Orchideen von Java, of course I would not consider that recent literature."
Viateur, in his Orchids of Java, Comber actually says "var. vittatum
(T.& B.) J.J.Sm." is the variety of B. cernuum. I'll accept that it is
possible that this is the same taxon as B. vittatum T. & B., but it is
interesting that neither IPNI:
http://www.us.ipni.org/ipni/query_ipni.html
nor the Kew Monocot Checklist:
http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/monocotChecklist/default.jsp
agree to that. Both list B. vittatum T. & B. as a separate entity (Kew
says the name is currently accepted), and neither lists B. vittatum as
a syn. of B. cernuum.
Cheers,
Peter O'Byrne
in Singapore
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