| dc.description.abstract | I was quite convinced that the
complicated taxonomic history of
the Central American long-petaled
Phragmipedium, which has been
misunderstood for over a century and
caused a lot of uncertainties among both
professional botanists and horticulturists,
had finally been clarified in a rather
technical paper I published along with
Bob Dressler some years ago (Pupulin
and Dressler 2011). This supposition must
have been wrong, though, as at least
three papers aimed at rediscussing the
nomenclatural status of Phragmipedium
humboldtii (Warsz.) J.T. Atwood & Dressler
have been published recently (Braem
2014a, 2014b, 2015), contributing, I fear,
to revamping ambiguities and confusion
about the correct name to be used for this
beautiful Phragmipedium from the Central
American isthmus. More concerns arise,
however, from the number of students,
herbarium curators and amateurs who
contact me trying to disentangle the
confusion of the past and put a correct
name to both living and dry specimens of
Phragmipedium. | |
