Guido,
Yes, I remember that change and everyone got up in
arms about it, so they changes it back. As I recall Garay was the
proponent for the removal of the 'i' after the 'r'. His position was that
it was improper Latin.
I suspect Cash's Book was published during the time
the rule removing the 'i' was in effect, so is correct for that time period, if
it was.
icones
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Braem
To: orchids@orchidguide.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 7:43
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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but that rule was revoked five years later (at the next botanical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 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
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