My miniature sedge is Carex berggreni Petrie, from New Zealand.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)

Iris Cohen schreef
My miniature sedge is Carex berggreni Petrie, from New Zealand.

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No. There is a listing in IPNI thus, and it probably concerns the same plant
(not a certainty), but it will be named after a Mr Berggren which means that
the correct spelling is Carex berggrenii (double -ii). The spelling
"berggreni" would only be acceptable if Berggren is a mountain, an island or
a lake, or something like that.
PvR

it will be named after a Mr Berggren which means that the correct spelling
is Carex berggrenii (double -ii).
That is the way it is spelled in the trade.

The spelling
"berggreni" would only be acceptable if Berggren is a mountain, an island or a
lake, or something like that.

I agree. It may be a typo in IPNI or IK. A Google and atlas search revealed
that there are lots of people named Berggren, but no place by that name.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)

it will be named after a Mr Berggren which means that the correct
spelling is Carex berggrenii (double -ii).

Iris Cohen schreef
That is the way it is spelled in the trade.

The spelling "berggreni" would only be acceptable if Berggren is a
mountain, an island or a lake, or something like that.

I agree. It may be a typo in IPNI or IK. A Google and atlas search
revealed that there are lots of people named Berggren, but no place by that
name.

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In the IK/IPNI such things usually are not typo's but the original spelling
(as it was published way back then). In those days latinization of personal
names had not yet crystalized: the spelling "berggreni" was what Petrie felt
it should look like. The present ICBN disagrees.
PvR

In the IK/IPNI such things usually are not typo's but the original spelling
(as it was published way back then). In those days latinization of personal
names had not yet crystalized: the spelling "berggreni" was what Petrie felt
it should look like. BRBR

As I understand it, in such cases it is permissible to correct the spelling.
Sometimes it takes years of wrangling, like the correction of Paphiopedilum
fairrieanum.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)

In the IK/IPNI such things usually are not typo's but the original
spelling (as it was published way back then). In those days latinization of
personal names had not yet crystalized: the spelling "berggreni" was what
Petrie felt it should look like. BRBR

Iris Cohen schreef
As I understand it, in such cases it is permissible to correct the
spelling. Sometimes it takes years of wrangling, like the correction of
Paphiopedilum fairrieanum.

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Depends on what you mean. Do you mean:
1) correction by IPNI
2) correction of a termination (e.g. -i to -ii)
3) correction of a wrongly spelled surname (Fairrie)

ad 1) depends on the staff behind IPNI
ad 2) obligatory
ad 3) anybody's guess

Whenever an original spelling has been corrected it is desirable to cite not
only the new improved name but also to mention the old original spelling. In
TROPICOS this is done " ... berteroi as 'berteri' ".

PvR