Bulbophyllum abbreviatum

Bulbophyllum abbreviatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Dendrobieae
Genus:	Bulbophyllum
Species:	B. abbreviatum
Binomial name
	Bulbophyllum abbreviatum; Schltr.
Synonyms
	Bulbophyllum abbreviatum Rchb.f 1881; Bulbophyllum trigonopus Rchb.f 1881; Cirrhopetalum abbreviatum Rchb.f 1881; Cirrhopetalum trigonopus Rchb.]f 1881; Peltopus greuterianus Szlach. and Marg. ; Bulbophyllum ormerodianum Hermans 2007 (nomen superfluum);

Bulbophyllum abbreviatum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum discovered in Madagascar and originally described by German botanist Rudolf Schlechter,^[3] from material collected by French botanist H. Perrier de la Bâthie in February 1912, which is now kept in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.^[4]

The plant is a pseudobulb epiphyte.

Cirrhopetalum abbreviatum

According to Seidenfadden this is a different species from Cirrhopetalum abbreviatum Rchb.f 1881,^[5] however other sources disagree, notably the Conference of the Parties to CITES and associated Plants and Nomenclature Committees.^[2]

According to the Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families,^[6]Cirrhopetalum abbreviatum is a synonym of Bulbophyllum trigonopus, of which Bulbophyllum abbreviatum (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. ex Seidenf. as used in Dansk Bot. Ark. 29(1): 73 (1973) is a nomen illegitimum. This is not accepted by the Kew World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database and the World Checklist of Seed Plants 3.

References

^ Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis. 33: 198. 1924, Centralblatt für Sammlung und Veroffentlichung von Einzeldiagnosen neuer Pflanzen. Edited by Friedrich Fedde. Berlin
^ ^a ^b MS: Sieder A., Rainer H., Kiehn M. (2005): Draft-CITES checklist for Bulbophyllum and allied taxa (Orchidaceae). Vienna: Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna. pdf version
^ Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 198. 1924
^ Holotype of Bulbophyllum abbreviatum Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE] at plants.jstor.org accessed 15 February 2016
^ Seidenfadden in Notes on Cirrhopetalum 1973
^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew".