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Name changes in the Oncidium Group--September 2004
The orchid registrar has made a
number of changes to the list of registered hybrids which have resulted in
a re-assignment of genus names to more than 2200 hybrids in the Oncidium
group, or just under 20% of the total registrations in this group.
For example, two species formerly treated as Miltonia , Milt.
schroederiana and Milt. warscewiczii, have been transferred to Oncidium as
Onc. schroederianum, and Onc. fuscatum. This change results in
a change of genus for the well known and highly awarded hybrid Colmanara
Wildcat among others, which is now called Odontocidium Wildcat.
All of the equitant Oncidium species
have been segregated out under the genus Tolumnia. The species
changing to Tolumnia are:
Tolu. arizajuliana
(syn.
Onc. arizajulianum); Tolu. bahamensis
(syn. Onc.
bahamense); Tolu. berenyce
(syn.
Onc. berenyce); Tolu. calochila
(syn.
Onc. calochilum); Tolu. caribensis
(syn.
Onc. caribense); Tolu. compressicaulis
(syn.
Onc. compressicaule); Tolu. concava
(syn.
Onc. concavum); Tolu. cunelabia
(syn.
Onc. cunelabium); Tolu. gauntlettii
(syn.
Onc. gauntlettii); Tolu. guianensis
(syn.
Onc. guianense, Onc. desertorum); Tolu.
guibertiana (syn.
Onc. guibertianum; Tolumnia lemoniana
subsp.
guibertiana); Tolu. haitiensis
(syn.
Onc. haitiense); Tolu. henekenii
(syn.
Onc. henekenii, Hispaniella henekeni,);
Tolu. leiboldii (syn.
Onc. leiboldii); Tolu.
lemoniana (Onc. lemonianum); Tolu. lucayana
(syn.
Onc. lucayanum); Tolu. moiriana
(syn.
Onc. moirianum); Tolu. prionochila
(syn.
Onc. prionochilum); Tolu. pulchella
(syn.
Onc. pulchellum); Tolu. quadriloba
(syn.
Onc. quadrilobum); Tolu.
scandens
(syn.
Onc. scandens); Tolu. sylvestris
(syn.
Onc. sylvestre); Tolu. tetrapetala
(syn.
Onc. tetrapetalum); Tolu. triquetra
(syn.
Onc. triquetrum); Tolu. urophylla
(syn.
Onc. urophyllum); Tolu. variegata
(syn.
Onc. variegatum); Tolu. velutina
(syn.
Onc. velutinum, Onc. variegatum
var.
velutinum, Onc. variegatum
subsp.
velutinum).
Lastly, Onc. onustum has been changed to Zelenkoa onusta in the
registry.
Since these changes impact on so many hybrid names, we have compiled
the complete list of hybrid names that have changed as a result of these
revisions in rich text format. The list can be downloaded by
clicking on the following link: Oncidium
Changes.
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