Checklist of Papuasian Orchids

About this book

This is the most comprehensive account to date of all Papua New Guineas wild orchids and will no doubt prove to be the essential reference to PNG's orchids for all botanists, ecologists and orchid enthusiasts for decades to come. All types and relevant data including where published are listed and the herbariums where they are kept. All synonymous names, where published and their types and the herbariums where kept and other relevant data are also listed. 35 new species and subspecies are also described for the first time accompanied by technical illustrations. A further 25 new scientific combinations are also proposed along with the establishment of new infrageneric classifications in the genera Chiloschista, Corybas, Crepidum, Grammatophyllum, Oberonia, Styloglossum, and Taeniophyllum.

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Biography

Paul Ormerod is a well known orchid botanist and taxonomist and has published hundreds of scientific papers on the orchid family where he has established numerous new genera and hundreds of new species. He has contributed to many major scientific works including The Flora of China and Genera Orchidacearum among numerous others.