DV :: Query: Aerides crispa AND crispum

[Dinesh Valke]

Dear friends,

While compiling names for Aerides crispa Lindl., came across Aerides crispum Lindl.
Would go with A. crispum as orthographic variant of A. crispa ... please validate.

1)
A. crispum Lindl. is not found in The Plants List
A. crispum Lindl. is found in Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerides_crispum
Here, A. crispa Lindl. (1833) is put as synonym of A. crispum Lindl. (1833)

2)
A. crispa Lindl. is put as endemic to the Western Ghats at the Orchids of Kerala ... http://enchantingkerala.org/kerala-orchids/kerala-orchids-aerides.php
A. crispum Lindl. is put as native of Malay Archipelago at Hortipedia ... http://en.hortipedia.com/wiki/Aerides_crispum
Please help in resolving the fact here.


Regards.
Dinesh

[Gurcharan Singh]

Dinesh ji

Going through The Plant List, IPNI and GRIN I find that Aerides is a feminine genus, and as such Aerides crispa should be the correct orthography, any reference to crispum in this genus may be treated as orthographic error.

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[Dinesh Valke]

Many thanks Gurcharan ji for resolving the orthographic variance.

Hoping second part of the query will get a response from those familiar with Aerides crispa's distribution.

Regards.
Dinesh

[Gurcharan Singh]

Dinesh ji

In Flora of British India where all species are given neuter epithets, A. crispum is shown distribute in Western Ghats: Concan to Travancore.

Hortipedia link is interesting needs to be explored further.

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[Dinesh Valke]

Again many thanks Gurcharan ji.
My query had stemmed from finding that a thorough search on internet yields more results for A. crispum than A. crispa. Your clarification regarding use of neuter gender epithets in the Flora of British India is convincing.


The second part of query regarding endemism of A. crispa to the Western Ghats rose due to finding its entry in few white papers, listed here for reference:

• Threatened Plants of Orissa and Priority Species for Conservation ... http://www2.wii.gov.in/envis/threatened_plants/Chapter-25.htm
• Rare and Endangered plan species in Orissa state ... http://www.elaw.org/system/files/Annex-5.doc
• Medicinal Plants of Orissa ... http://envis.frlht.org/checklist/Orissa.pdf
• The Eastern Ghats - EPTRI-ENVIS Newsletter ... http://envis-eptri.ap.nic.in/images/Vol.11,No.4,2005.pdf
• Journal of Organisation for Protection of Ecosystem, Environment and Endangered Species ... http://e-planet.co.in/publication/e-planet_5_1.pdf

[Gurcharan Singh]

Dinesh ji

It won't be a big surprise if some species of Western Ghats have spread to Eastern Ghats, especially when authentic sources report that.

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[Dinesh Valke]

Many thanks Gurcharan ji.
This thought is helpful.
Regards.
Dinesh

[Muthu Karthick]

Dear sir, 

This excel file compiled by Dr.Narasimhan in the database at http://tnenvis.nic.in/database_bio.htm shows the name as Aerides crispa Lindl.

Tropicos.org of Missouri Botanical Garden has no clear literature for this particular plant.

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[Dr Pankaj Kumar]

Some how I missed this discussion.

Yes this species is reported from Western and Eastern Ghats both. Orissa is exclusive distribution. But this species is still supposed to be endemic to Indi and not found outside as per my knowledge.

Gender issues in names are as discussed by Gurcharan sir. Gender issue in botanical names are very technical so dont go into details. Just remember that it is "crispa" and this also emplies that all other species of this genus will end with an "a". 

Thanks and regards

Pankaj