Re: [OGD] Bulbophyllum tingabarinum
Thanks Jose. I looked up Seidenfaden (pages 37 to 39) and according to him no definite type specimen is available. That being the case then how can Kew accept a description without a type specimen? Perhaps since Seidenfaden's work was published a type specimen has turned up. Once again many thanks for the much appreciated reply. Keep well and kind regards Mike - Original Message - From: tiosuper To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: orchids@orchidguide.com Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 6:01 PM Subject: Bulbophyllum tingabarinum The Rolfe entity does not have priority. As a matter of fact, if one accepts Kew as the arbiter for species nomenclature ( as the AOS does), Rolfe's Cirrhopetalum miniatum cannot be transfered to Bulbophyllum ( the Kew accepted generic concept ) since there is a 1904 publication for a Bulbophyllum miniatum ( a supposedly Tropical African species) [Bulbophyllum miniatum auct., Orchid Rev. 12: 118 (1904).] Kew makes the whole nomenclature issue more fun by reducing Bulbophyllum tingabarinum and Bulbophyllum flaviflorum to synonyms to Bulbophyllum pecten-veneris (Gagnep.) Seidenf., Dansk Bot. Ark. 29: 37 (1973 publ. 1974). based on the replaced basionym Cirrhopetalum pecten-veneris Gagnep., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 78: 6 (1931). which is the name with priority once the Rolfe's 1914 name is reduced to non-usability. Jose No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1/279 - Release Date: 2006/03/10 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1/279 - Release Date: 2006/03/10 ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Bulbophyllum tingabarinum
The Rolfe entity does not have priority. As a matter of fact, if one accepts Kew as the arbiter for species nomenclature ( as the AOS does), Rolfe's Cirrhopetalum miniatum cannot be transfered to Bulbophyllum ( the Kew accepted generic concept ) since there is a 1904 publication for a Bulbophyllum miniatum ( a supposedly Tropical African species) [Bulbophyllum miniatum auct., Orchid Rev. 12: 118 (1904).] Kew makes the whole nomenclature issue more fun by reducing Bulbophyllum tingabarinum and Bulbophyllum flaviflorum to synonyms to Bulbophyllum pecten-veneris (Gagnep.) Seidenf., Dansk Bot. Ark. 29: 37 (1973 publ. 1974). based on the replaced basionym Cirrhopetalum pecten-veneris Gagnep., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 78: 6 (1931). which is the name with priority once the Rolfe's 1914 name is reduced to non-usability. Jose ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
Re: [OGD] Bulbophyllum tingabarinum
Many thanks to all those who replied to my taxonomic query regarding Epidendrum cristatum vs Epidendrum raniferum. I now have another taxonomic query on which I would value guidance. I bought a plant labelled as Bulbophyllum tingabarinum (which has just finished flowering now in our autumn) and as is my habit I always try and verify that the label is correct. In Seidenfaden's "Notes of Cirrhopetalum" he transfers Cirrhopetalum flavflorum Liu & Su to Bulbophyllum flaviflorum and gives as a synonym Rolfe's Cirrhopetalum miniatum. In Siegerist's "Bulbophyllums and their allies" she lists Bulbophyllum tingabarinum (described by Garay, Hamer and Siegerist in 1994) and gives as a synonym Rolfe's Cirrhopetalum miniatum but states that Bulbophyllum flaviflorum (Liu & Su) Seidenfaden is NOT a synonym. My queries are these : 1) If Rolfe's name was published in 1913 why does it not have preference? 2) If Liu & Su's description was valid and Rolf'e's not, I can understand Seidenfaden transferring it to Bulbophyllum from Cirrhopetalum but why, if Rolfe's description is a synonym for some technical reason for the Seidenfaden plant, is Bulbophyllum tingabarinum then also not a synonym of Bulbophyllum flaviflorum. It is true that the colours are different but my plant looks identical to Seidenfaden's line drawings. 3). Is Garay et al's description valid? Many thanks in advance. Oh! by the way the plant is a delghtful little plant and as Shakespeare said "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet". Keep well and kind regards Mike South Africa -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.2/274 - Release Date: 2006/03/03 ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
