Phragmipedium Descriptions and Transfers

Section Species var. / fma. Original Description Transferred To Current Status
Phragmipedium caudatum Lindley in Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants, 531 (1840) Rolfe in Orchid Review, 4: 332 (1896)
exstaminodium Castano, Hagsater, & Aguirre in Orquidea, 9(29): 193 (1984)  
guianense Sambin & Braem in Richardiana, 14: 2-8 (2014)  
humboldtii Warszewicz in Botanische Zeitung, 10: 691 (1852) J.T.Atwood & Dressler in Selbyana 19: 246 (1998 publ. 1999)
lindenii Lindley in Orchidaceae Lindenianae, 28 (1846) Dressler & N.H. Williams in Taxon, 24: 691 (1975)
warscewiczianum Reichenbach fil. in Botanische Zeitung, 10: 692 (1852) Schlechter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 17: 9 (1922)
 
Himantopetalum caricinum Lindley & Paxton in Paxton's Flower Garden, 1: 39 (1850) Rolfe in Orchid Review, 4: 332 (1896)
christiansenianum Gruss & Roeth in Die Orchidee, 52(2): 174 (2001)
klotzscheanum Reichenbach fil. in Linnaea, 22: 811 (1850) Rolfe in Orchid Review, 4: 332 (1896)
pearcei Veitch ex Dix in Proceedings of the Royal Horticultural Society, 4: 133 (1864) Rauh & Senghas in Die Orchidee, 26: 298 (1975)
richteri Roeth & Gruss in Die Orchidee, 45(3): 4 (1994)
 
Platypetalum lindleyanum Schomburgk ex Lindley in Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants, 53 (1830) Rolfe in Orchid Review, 4: 332 (1896)
var. sargentianum Rolfe in Orchid Review, 1: 239 (1893) Gruss in Orchid Digest, 67(4): 228 (2003)
 
Lorifolia boissierianum Reichenbach. fil & Warscewicz in Bonplandia, 2: 116 (1854) Rolfe in Orchid Review, 4: 332 (1896)
longifolium Reichenbach fil. & Warscewicz in Botanische Zeitung, 10: 690 (1852) Rolfe in Orchid Review, 4: 332 (1896)
fma. album Gruss & Koopowitz in Orchid Digest, 72: 133 (2008)  
hirtzii Dodson in Orchis, 58: 129 (1988)  
vittatum Vellozo in Flora Fluminensis, 9: 62 (1831) Rolfe in Orchid Review, 4: 332 (1896)
 
Micropetalum andreettae Cribb & Pupulin in Lankesteriana, 6(1): 1-4 (2006)  
anguloi Braem, Tesón & Manzur in Richardiana, 14: 290 (2014)  
besseae   Dodson & Kuhn in American Orchid Society Bulletin, 50: 1308 (1981)  
fma. flavum Braem in Schlechteriana, 1(2): 55 (1990) Gruss in Caesiana, 12: 65 (1999)
var. dalessandroi Dodson & Gruss in Die Orchidee, 47(4): 216 (1996) Moon & Cribb in Orchid Review, 105(1216): 227-230 (1997)
fischeri Braem & Mohr in Leaflets of the Schlechter Institute, 3: 28-31 (1996)
kovachii Atwood, Dalstrom & Fernandez in Selbyana, 23: Supplement 1-4 (2002)  
manzurii W.E.Higgins & Viveros in Lankesteriana, 8(3): 89 (2008)
schlimii Linden & Reichenbach fil. in Bonplandia, 2: 277 (1854) Rolfe in Orchid Review, 4: 332 (1896)

Natural Hybrids

Taxon Parent Species Original Description Transferred to Current Status
x grande caudatum x longifolium Reichenbach fil. in Gardener's Chronicle, new series, 15: 462 (1881) Rolfe in Orchid Review, 5: 86 (1897)
x colombianum manzurii x schlimii O.Gruss in Die Orchidee, 62: 30 (2011)  
x merinoi boissierianum var. reticulatum x pearcei O.Gruss in Die Orchidee, 61: 176 (2010)  
x pfitzerianum longifolium x warscewiczianum O.Gruss in OrchideenJournal, 20: 22 (2013)  
x roethianum hirtzii x longifolium Gruss & Kalina in Die Orchidee, 49(5): 245 (1998)  

Synonyms

Inalid Taxon Valid Taxon Original Description
Phrag. amazonica P. richteri hort.
Sel. albopictum ? Linden in Cat. Gén., 21: 16 (1867)
Cyp. binoti P. vittatum auct. in Illuatration Horticole, 34: 19 (1887)
Phrag. brasiliense Artificial Hybrid Gruss & Quene in Orchid Digest, 67(4): 242-243 (2003)
Phrag. cajamarcae P. boissierianum Schlechter in Fedde, Rep., Beiheft 9: 41 (1921)
Cyp. caudatum var. album P. warscewiczianum ? in Lindenia, 3: 86 (1887)
Sel. caudatum var. albertianum P. caudatum Linden in Lindenia, 4: 63 (1888)
Sel. caudatum var. giganteum P. caudatum ? in Revue Horticole, 56: 367 (1884)
Sel. caudatum var. roseum P. humboldtii Du Buysson in L'Orchidophile, 470 (1878)
Paph. caudatum var. seegerianum P. warscewiczianum O'Brien in Gardener's Chronicle, 3rd series, 3: 428 (1888)
Phrag. chapadense P. longifolium Campacci & Takase in Journal of the Hokkaido Orchid Society, 28 (supplement no. 1): 1 (2000)
Cyp. compactum Artificial Hybrid (P. Sedenii) Coll. in Cypripedium, ed. 2: 28 (1893)
Sel. czerwiakowianum P. boissierianum Reichenbach fil. in Bonplandia, 2: 116 (1854)
Sel. dariense P. longifolium Reichenbach fil. in Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 35: t. 8 (1869)
Phrag. ecuadorense P. pearcei Garay in Fl. Ecuador, 9(225: 1): 15 (1978)
Phrag. exstaminodium subsp. warszewiczii P. humboldtii Dressler in Orchid Digest, 69(2): 89 (2005)
Cyp. hartwegii P. longifolium Reichenbach fil. in B.Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald: 215 (1854)
Phrag. hartwegii var. baderi P. longifolium Roeth & Gruss in Die Orchidee, 48(3): 94 (1997)
Cyp. hincksianum P. longifolium Reichenbach fil. in Gardener's Chronicle, n.s., 9: 202 (1878)
Sel. kaieteurum P. lindleyanum Brown in Gardener's Chronicle, new series, 24: 262 (1885)
Sel. longifolium var. coloratum P. longifolium Reichenbach fil. in Gardener's Chronicle, 1873: 289 (1873)
Cyp. longifolium var. gracile P. longifolium Kent in Veitch, Manual of Orchidaceous Plants, 4: 65 (1889)
Phrag. longifolium fma. minutum P. longifolium Gruss in Caesiana, 16: 40 (2001)
Phrag. longifolium var. splendidum P. longifolium Pucci in Cypripedium, 140 (1891)
Cyp. macranthum P. longifolium Hartweg in Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London, 2: 155 (1848)
Phrag. monstruosum P. humboldtii Archila in Revista Guatemalensis, 2(3): 5 (1999)
Cyp. paulistanum P. vittatum Rodrigues in Genera et species orchidearum novarum, 1: 203 (1877)
Phrag. peruvianum P. kovachii Christenson in Orchids, 71(7): 620-622 (2002)
Phrag. popowii P. humboldtii Braem, Ohlund & Quene in Richardiana, 4(4): 171-196 (2004)
Cyp. reichenbachianum P. longifolium auct. in Lindenia 3: 90 (1887)
Sel. reichenbachii P. longifolium Endrés ex Reichenbach fil. in Gardener's Chronicle, 1869: 1206 (1869)
Sel. reticulatum P. boissierianum Reichenbach fil. in Xenia Orchidacea, 2: 223 (1874)
Cyp. roezlii P. longifolium Regel in Gartenflora, 22: 97 (1873)
Cyp. schlimii var. albiflorum P. schlimii Linden in Illustration Horticole, t. 183 (1874)
Cyp. schomburgkianum P. klotzscheanum Klotzsch fide Schomburgk in Botanical Reminiscence of British Guaiana, 59 (1876)
Phrag. tetzlaffianum Artificial Hybrid Gruss in Caesiana, 15: 33-40 (2000)
Phrag. topperi P. richteri hort.
Phrag. triandrum P. exstaminodium Archila in Revista Guatemalensis, 2(3): 6 (1999)
Cyp. vittatum var. breve P. vittatum Reichenbach fil. in Gardener's Chronicle, new series, 15: 656 (1881)
Sel. wallisii P. warscewiczianum Reichenbach fil. in Xenia Orchidacea, 2: 189 (1873)
Sel. warscewiczii P. humboldtii Reichenbach fil. in Xenia Orchidacea, 2: 189 (1873)

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