Is there a web page where the entire orchid family is displayed as a
tree and searchable?
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Gideon Singer
In Beautiful Vancouver BC

"Gideon Singer" wrote
Is there a web page where the entire orchid family is displayed as a
tree and searchable?

Not that I know of, the closest I can think of is missouri botanical
gardens at http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html . You can
search for species there, but not hybrids.
Also tends to give equal weight to synonyms, not updated so you have
to cross reference with Jay Pfahl.

jimwatts

On Sat, 03 May 2003 16:37:35 GMT, "K Barrett"
wrote:

Linda's Orchid Page has a table that breaks it down from subfamily thru
genus, but its not searchable.
http://www.orchidlady.com/encyclopedia/guide.html

K Barrett

Thanks I found that and it is what I wanted. I can search it, sort of,
by doing a find in page!

Tell me what you think about the spelling of some of the sub tribes. The
list is taken from Dressler's view of taxonomy. I looked up some members of
Maxilariinae. (double i) then I loked up those same plants in Hawkes 1965
encyclopedia, he spells it Maxilarinae (single i) so I'm confused, but I
figure something happened at some time between 1965 and when Dressler wrote
his book (1990s??) to change the spelling. These taxonomists are going to be
the death of me. I suppose I shouldn't be so rigid in my thinking...

I probably shouldn't have even pointed it out! LOL!! Now I've got you
confused too!

K Barrett

"Gideon Singer" wrote in message
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On Sat, 03 May 2003 16:37:35 GMT, "K Barrett"
wrote:

Linda's Orchid Page has a table that breaks it down from subfamily thru
genus, but its not searchable.
http://www.orchidlady.com/encyclopedia/guide.html

K Barrett

Thanks I found that and it is what I wanted. I can search it, sort of,
by doing a find in page!

I gave up trying to figure them out a while ago. AS for i ot ii who
really cares esp when they spell it Max whatever

On Sun, 4 May 2003 16:59:07 UTC, "K Barrett"
wrote:

Tell me what you think about the spelling of some of the sub tribes. The
list is taken from Dressler's view of taxonomy. I looked up some members of
Maxilariinae. (double i) then I loked up those same plants in Hawkes 1965
encyclopedia, he spells it Maxilarinae (single i) so I'm confused, but I
figure something happened at some time between 1965 and when Dressler wrote
his book (1990s??) to change the spelling. These taxonomists are going to be
the death of me. I suppose I shouldn't be so rigid in my thinking...

I probably shouldn't have even pointed it out! LOL!! Now I've got you
confused too!

K Barrett



--
Gideon Singer
In Beautiful Vancouver BC