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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boissierianum. 2) The "i" behind the "r" was rejected for some time, but that rule was revoked five years later (at the next botanical congress) (But that is a long time ago) 3) Reichenbach uses the correct name "boissierianum" in Bonplandia as well as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 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 |
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