Re: Off-topic: examples of botanical nomenclature

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Mark,

I think this is an example of what you are after?

Sessilanthera latifolia (Weath.) Molseed & Cruden ssp. heliantha
(Ravenna) Molseed & Cruden

Try searching on the 'net with "botanical quadrinomial" with or
without adding "ssp."

Dylan

On 01/10/2010, Steve Marak <samarak@gizmoworks.com> wrote:
> Aroiders,
>
>  This appeal for help is somewhat off-topic, so please excuse it (and
>  delete it, if you're not interested).
>
>  I'm looking for examples of a couple of things in the area of botanical
>  nomenclature, and I can think of no better group to ask than the people on
>  this list.
>
>  The first is the most complex example of a valid (and preferably,
>  currently accepted) name, of any plant (i.e., not restricted to aroids),
>  whether that complexity comes from ranks below species or multiple
>  authorities or both. One of the best ones I have now is:
>
>  Paphiopedilum barbigerum Tang & Wang var. coccineum (Perner & Herrm.)
>  Cavestro
>
>  which conveniently (for me) even has a synonym, but I'm looking for
>  something even more complex, if it exists. Knowing the publication would
>  be nice, too, but is not essential for what I'm after. (Examples of
>  similar complexity to the above but using other ranks - subsp., f., etc. -
>  would also be appreciated.)
>
>  The second question is what plant, again regardless of family, has the
>  most synonyms? I'm aware of one poor orchid with, if I counted correctly,
>  55, but I suspect there are plants even more confused about their
>  identities out there. For my purposes I'm concerned only with whether the
>  name now appears as a synonym of the currently accepted name and not so
>  much how it got there (i.e., whether it was validly published and later
>  reduced to synonomy, nom. illeg., etc). I realize that whatever
>  the answer is, it can change, but again that's not a concern for me at the
>  moment.
>
>  All help or pointers to good places to find the answer myself will be
>  appreciated. I've spent plenty of time on Tropicos, IPNI, etc., but my
>  oddball questions are not easily answered with those tools - or perhaps I
>  just don't know how to ask them.
>
>  Steve
>
>
>  -- Steve Marak
>  -- samarak@gizmoworks.com
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