I am 8 names away from finishing a document containing every genus
name I have found from at least a dozen different sources.

The document is for use by exhibitors at our show to help them get
plants from the lesser known genera into the right display classes and
to help them understand that the genus on their plant label may be an
error or a synonym for another name.

The document currently has 3,243 natural and man made hybrid genus
names but there are 8 more that I have come across that I would like
to add. I do not really expect anyone to bring a plant with any of
these names to our show but for the sake of completeness I would like
to be able to add them.

What I need to know is what tribe and subtribe (if there is one) they
would belong in so that I can figure out what other genera they are
related to and hence what display class to put them in.

The names in question, and what I know about them, a

Changnienia - I know it is in subfamily Epidendroideae, that it is
accepted for registration by the rhs, and where to find a picture of
it.

Cooktownia - I know it is a monotypic Australian genus and it is also
accepted for registration

Didonopsis - I know it is accepted for registration but nothing else

Dithrix - I know it is attributed to Schlechter in Brummitt, Vascular
Plant families and Genera 1992: 733 and that it is accepted for
registration

Pfitzeria - I know it is accepted for registration

Vietorchis - I know it is a saprophytic plant in a monotypic genus
from Vietnam.

Ochiastrum - I know it might be a synonym for Spiranthes

Puracaleana - I can't even remember where I saw this name.

By the way, before anyone asks, I will be putting the complete list up
on our club website at http://los.lon.imag.net/MiscFile.asp when it is
finished - which better be before March 12th since that is when setup
begins for our show.

Any help you can give me would be appreciated.

http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/data/monocots/orch_all.pdf

This link maybe helpful to you or not. It points you to the
Orchidaceae part of the World Monocots Checklist and contain published
taxonomic data of every Orchid ever described, I think. I came across
it while reading an article in the recent IPA Journal. (Warning: read
the articles in this Journal but AVOID the pictures.) I looked up a
few of your list below and did not find one of them in it at all
(Puracaleana).

It has information about Changnienia listed thus:
Changnienia
1 species in China.
Changnienia S.S.Chien, Contr. Biol. Lab. Chin. Assoc. Advancem.
Sci., Sect. Bot. 10: 89 (1935).
China. 36.
Changnienia amoena S.S.Chien, Contr. Biol. Lab. Chin. Assoc.
Advancem. Sci., Sect. Bot. 10: 90 (1935).
China. 36 CHC CHN CHS.

I'll bet you come across more than 8 natural genus names here missing
from your list. :-) Sorry.

Bewa this document is 2304 pages long in .pdf format.

Al


(Bob Betts) wrote in message ...
I am 8 names away from finishing a document containing every genus
name I have found from at least a dozen different sources.

The document is for use by exhibitors at our show to help them get
plants from the lesser known genera into the right display classes and
to help them understand that the genus on their plant label may be an
error or a synonym for another name.

The document currently has 3,243 natural and man made hybrid genus
names but there are 8 more that I have come across that I would like
to add. I do not really expect anyone to bring a plant with any of
these names to our show but for the sake of completeness I would like
to be able to add them.

What I need to know is what tribe and subtribe (if there is one) they
would belong in so that I can figure out what other genera they are
related to and hence what display class to put them in.

The names in question, and what I know about them, a

Changnienia - I know it is in subfamily Epidendroideae, that it is
accepted for registration by the rhs, and where to find a picture of
it.

Cooktownia - I know it is a monotypic Australian genus and it is also
accepted for registration

Didonopsis - I know it is accepted for registration but nothing else

Dithrix - I know it is attributed to Schlechter in Brummitt, Vascular
Plant families and Genera 1992: 733 and that it is accepted for
registration

Pfitzeria - I know it is accepted for registration

Vietorchis - I know it is a saprophytic plant in a monotypic genus
from Vietnam.

Ochiastrum - I know it might be a synonym for Spiranthes

Puracaleana - I can't even remember where I saw this name.

By the way, before anyone asks, I will be putting the complete list up
on our club website at http://los.lon.imag.net/MiscFile.asp when it is
finished - which better be before March 12th since that is when setup
begins for our show.

Any help you can give me would be appreciated.

Thanks Al. I am in the process of downloading it as I write - and
with only a dial-up connection, I can write a lot while the over 10
megabyte file downloads.
I plan to eventually work through it all but other than to look for
the few remaining names (2 have been resolved and 3 look like they
will turn out to be spelling errors) I will not be looking for any new
ones until after out show.

On 27 Feb 2004 03:56:13 -0800, (Al) wrote:

http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/data/monocots/orch_all.pdf

This link maybe helpful to you or not. It points you to the
Orchidaceae part of the World Monocots Checklist and contain published
taxonomic data of every Orchid ever described, I think. I came across
it while reading an article in the recent IPA Journal. (Warning: read
the articles in this Journal but AVOID the pictures.) I looked up a
few of your list below and did not find one of them in it at all
(Puracaleana).

It has information about Changnienia listed thus:
Changnienia
1 species in China.
Changnienia S.S.Chien, Contr. Biol. Lab. Chin. Assoc. Advancem.
Sci., Sect. Bot. 10: 89 (1935).
China. 36.
Changnienia amoena S.S.Chien, Contr. Biol. Lab. Chin. Assoc.
Advancem. Sci., Sect. Bot. 10: 90 (1935).
China. 36 CHC CHN CHS.

I'll bet you come across more than 8 natural genus names here missing
from your list. :-) Sorry.

Bewa this document is 2304 pages long in .pdf format.

Al


(Bob Betts) wrote in message ...
I am 8 names away from finishing a document containing every genus
name I have found from at least a dozen different sources.

The document is for use by exhibitors at our show to help them get
plants from the lesser known genera into the right display classes and
to help them understand that the genus on their plant label may be an
error or a synonym for another name.

The document currently has 3,243 natural and man made hybrid genus
names but there are 8 more that I have come across that I would like
to add. I do not really expect anyone to bring a plant with any of
these names to our show but for the sake of completeness I would like
to be able to add them.

What I need to know is what tribe and subtribe (if there is one) they
would belong in so that I can figure out what other genera they are
related to and hence what display class to put them in.

The names in question, and what I know about them, a

Changnienia - I know it is in subfamily Epidendroideae, that it is
accepted for registration by the rhs, and where to find a picture of
it.

Cooktownia - I know it is a monotypic Australian genus and it is also
accepted for registration

Didonopsis - I know it is accepted for registration but nothing else

Dithrix - I know it is attributed to Schlechter in Brummitt, Vascular
Plant families and Genera 1992: 733 and that it is accepted for
registration

Pfitzeria - I know it is accepted for registration

Vietorchis - I know it is a saprophytic plant in a monotypic genus
from Vietnam.

Ochiastrum - I know it might be a synonym for Spiranthes

Puracaleana - I can't even remember where I saw this name.

By the way, before anyone asks, I will be putting the complete list up
on our club website at http://los.lon.imag.net/MiscFile.asp when it is
finished - which better be before March 12th since that is when setup
begins for our show.

Any help you can give me would be appreciated.

Bob Betts wrote:
I am 8 names away from finishing a document containing every genus
name I have found from at least a dozen different sources.


What I need to know is what tribe and subtribe (if there is one) they
would belong in so that I can figure out what other genera they are
related to and hence what display class to put them in.

The names in question, and what I know about them, a

Puracaleana - I can't even remember where I saw this name.

I seem to recall seeing Puracalaena as a typographic/orthographic error
for Paracalaena, a small genus of terrestrials from Australia and New
Zealand. They were segregated from Calaena, the Flying Duck Orchid.