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Epidendrum Subg. Aulizeum
''Epidendrum'' subgenus ''Aulizeum'' was raised from sectional status by Lindl., Lindley in 1853. According to the Latin diagnosis, this taxon included those species of ''Epidendrum'' with a multi-lobate labellum (botany), lip adnation, adnate to the column (botany), column, with pseudobulbous stems, with the flowers sessile or born on racemes or panicles. In his further English description, Lindley stated that the species in this taxon have a horn-like stem which is only leafy at the end, and raceme, racemose inflorescences. In 1861, Rchb.f., Reichenbach listed 32 species in this subgenus; of these, Kew recognizes 31 as separate species. In 2004, Withner and Harding separated the eight species that Lindley had placed in ''E.'' subg. ''Aulizeum'' into the genus ''Coilostylis'', a change that has not been widely accepted.Carl Leslie Withner & Patricia A. Harding. ''The Cattleyas and their relatives: the debatable Epidendrums.'' Timber Press, Portland, OR. 2004 Ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindl
John Lindley FRS (5 February 1799 – 1 November 1865) was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist. Early years Born in Catton, near Norwich, England, John Lindley was one of four children of George and Mary Lindley. George Lindley was a nurseryman and pomologist and ran a commercial nursery garden. Although he had great horticultural knowledge, the undertaking was not profitable and George lived in a state of indebtedness. As a boy he would assist in the garden and also collected wild flowers he found growing in the Norfolk countryside. Lindley was educated at Norwich School. He would have liked to go to university or to buy a commission in the army but the family could not afford either. He became Belgian agent for a London seed merchant in 1815. At this time Lindley became acquainted with the botanist William Jackson Hooker who allowed him to use his botanical library and who introduced him to Sir Joseph Banks who offered him employment as an assistant in his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |