Guido wrote: > There are some cases in which the correction of proven orthographic errors > is allowed. HGR described Cypripedium boissierianum (Bonplandia) and > Selenipedium boissierianum (Xenia). But even if he would have > written "bossierianum" it should have been corrected to "boissierianum" as > the > name of the person is known.
Recently, Eric Christenson described Habenaria erichmichaelii. The species epithet is an obvious orthographic error, because it refers to Erich Michel who grows Habenarias and other species for Hoosier Orchid Nursery. Can we simply refer to the plant as Habenaria erichmichelii, or is an additional publication required to correct the spelling first? Nick -- Nicholas Plummer [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
