> > >From: "Prof. Dr. Braem" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [OGD] boissierianum > > >1) The plant was named in honour of Pierre Edmond Boissier, a Swiss >botanist and traveler. Thus the correct name is Phragmipedium >boissierianum. >2) The "i" behind the "r" was rejected for some time, but that rule was >revoked five years later (at the next botanical congress) (But that is >a long time ago) >3) Reichenbach uses the correct name "boissierianum" in Bonplandia as >well as in the Xenia (I checked both), as Bossier was a personal > >
you see how easy it is to make mistakes ... "Boissier" of course >acquaintance of HGR, I would have been surprised to see it otherwise. >However, even if it would have been misspelled, this is a case where the >code provides for corrections. >4) Cash is certainly not the place to check for correct names. > > -- Prof. Dr. Guido J. Braem Naunheimer Str. 17 35633 Lahnau Deutschland/Germany Tel. +49 6441 65333 _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
