The long-petaled slipper orchid of Central American has a complex nomenclatural history. Since the first publication of the name Cypripedium humboldtii, this plant has been treated under a number of different synonyms. Here we reconsider the oldest name, suggesting that Warszewicz validly published it, and that the name Phragmipedium humboldtii must be used for this taxon.
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1 June 2011
A Nomenclatural Note on Cypripedium humboldtii(Orchidaceae: Cypripedioideae)
Franco Pupulin,
Robert L. Dressler
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Harvard Papers in Botany
Vol. 16 • No. 1
June 2011
Vol. 16 • No. 1
June 2011
Cypripedium humboldtii
nomenclature
Phragmipedium humboldtii