Hi all, I am intrigued by the various spellings provided by various lists on the genus Aerides. Is A multiflora [Kew] or multiflorum [w3tropicos] correct. This same problem seems to be out there in many books as well. Hooker, Holttum, Hawkes has it as multiflorum, Pridgeon, Seidenfadden, Comber multiflora. Was it unclear in the past that Aerides was a feminine name and therefore newer tomes have it feminine, older masculine? Seems to me that Latin is a fairly stagnant language so why the unclarity? I would suspect that the feminine is correct only because it is the more modern usage, but I want to be sure. I am working on a lot of little glitches and mistakes within IOSPE. The mistakes are being pointed out by some of the OGD readers so hats off to you all for the help! Jay Pfahl www.orchidspecies.com 8695 species in 720 genera
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