From: Johannes Moonen <emeraldjunglevillage at wanadoo.fr> on 2010.10.01 at 19:28:31(21522)
Dear Steve,
the plant with the most synonyms I know is a common good sized
neotropical orchid Epidendrum nocturnum.
I think in old colonial times all botanists and plant collectors found
it and everybody described it separately in different universities the
home countries Spain, Portugal, Brittain, Holland etc.
Best whishes, Joep
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On Oct 1, 2010, at 1:12 PM, Steve Marak 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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