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My first potential Heliamphora cultivar, candidates?

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Very nice looking plants, everyone. Nice to see such good, healthy Heliamphora plants.
 
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Pokie,
Absolutely stunning progress, and finally one of the H. parva x sarracenioides is looking like I had hoped!!
H. parva x folliculata is still my favorite though, but wow!
Beautifully grown specimens :-O


Joseph,
I may be wrong, but I think Heliamphora parva was recognized as an unique species in 2011
There was a big realignment of the genus with the publication of the book: Sarraceniaceae of South America
 
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You're not wrong Av, it was reassigned as species designation. And before it as reassigned, it was H. neblinae f. parva, not tatei.
 
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Since 1984 it has been accepted as Heliamphora tatei f. parva. The name links to the data in the CP Database.

See these reference in the CP Database. H. neblinae var. parva was initially published by Maguire in 1978, then H. tatei f. parva was published in 1987. The current 2011 publication, as H. parva, is only accepted as a synonym for the earlier published H. tatei f. parva. The names not in bold are not accepted, while the names in bold, are.

If you have any questions as to the taxonomy of these plants, I recommend emailing Jan Schlauer, at jan@carnivorousplants.org. If he can't give you an understandable answer, no one can.

Av8tor1, thanks for the link, and discussion. I simply take my input from Jan's database. He synthesizes all the current literature, much better than I ever could.
 
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Dueling databases:

Kew Plant list:
http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2904371

Heliamphora parva (Maguire) S.McPherson, A.Fleischm., Wistuba & Nerz is an unresolved name

This name is unresolved, but some data suggest that it is synonymous with Heliamphora tatei var. neblinae (Maguire) Steyerm. .

The record derives from WCSP (in review) (data supplied on 2012-03-26) which does not establish this name either as an accepted name or as a synonym with original publication details: Sarraceniaceae S. Amer. 527 2011.​
 
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Since 1984 it has been accepted as Heliamphora tatei f. parva. The name links to the data in the CP Database.

See these reference in the CP Database. H. neblinae var. parva was initially published by Maguire in 1978, then H. tatei f. parva was published in 1987. The current 2011 publication, as H. parva, is only accepted as a synonym for the earlier published H. tatei f. parva. The names not in bold are not accepted, while the names in bold, are.

If you have any questions as to the taxonomy of these plants, I recommend emailing Jan Schlauer, at jan@carnivorousplants.org. If he can't give you an understandable answer, no one can.

Av8tor1, thanks for the link, and discussion. I simply take my input from Jan's database. He synthesizes all the current literature, much better than I ever could.

tatei vs. neblinae taxonomy is a subject I am somewhat familiar with
It may be in the database like that but I don't know about how accepted it was.
Years ago I had a listserv thread on this very subject that stretched out for a couple months.


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What are the defining differences between these two species?

The more I read the more confused I get, it seems that even the "gold standard" descriptions conflict on major characteristics.
I cant seem to find a good, consistent answer to the question. Surely I am not alone in this quest for knowledge, so can we bring it to the floor for open discussion please.

Thanks in advance,
Butch


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Fernando Rivadavia fe_riva at uol.com.br
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Hey Butch,

I had the same doubts several years back when I saw some of these
species in the wild, so I put together 2 rough keys based on info I found in
the literature. It's from 2004 and is thus completely outdated by now, but
it seems like the hairyness on the pitcher exterior of H.neblinae is one of
the big differences. Please see the keys below, I just hope they show up
well here. If not, I can e-mail the original file to you -- although I'm
sure others here can give you much more precise and updated info.

Have fun,
Fernando Rivadavia


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Key 1

1.) A-- Anthers 16-20; lowest floral bract usually equaling or exceeding in
height the lowest
pedicels; plants of Territorio Federal Amazonas …………..……………………..2
B-- Anthers 7-15; lowest floral bract usually shorter than the lowest
pedicel in height; plants
of Estado Bolívar ......…………....…….……………………………………….…5
2.) A-- Upper interior portion of pitcher glabrous above the basal ring of
hairs near water level .…. H.tatei var.tatei f.macdonaldae
B-- Upper interior portion of pitcher densely pubescent above the basal
ring of hairs near water level ..…….…………………3
3.) A-- Upper pubescent zone of hairs mainly uniform, c.0.8-2mm in
length ……………….…..………………….. H.tatei var.tatei f.tatei
B-- Upper pubescent zone of hairs not uniform,upper half with hairs
c.0.2-1mm long, lower half with hairs c.1-1.2mm long
..…….………………………………………………...4
4.) A-- Exterior surface of pitcher +or- pubescent ..…. H.tatei var.neblinae
f.neblinae
B-- Exterior surface of pitcher glabrous …….…….... H.tatei var.neblinae
f.parva
5.) A-- Interior of the upper ventricose portion of pitcher glabrous or
nearly so, except for the basal zone of
hairs ………………………………..……………………………………..6
B-- Interior of the upper ventricose portion of pitcher usually
pubescent.…………………..……………………………………..8
6.) A-- Appendage of the pitcher absent or scarcely
developed …......................................................
H.heterodoxa var.exappendiculata
B-- Appendage of the pitcher obviously developed, 30-40mm long
.........................................................................................................7
7.) A-- Anthers 3-5mm long; upper ventricose portion of pitcher occupying
1/4-1/3 of total length .…...........…………...… H.minor f.laevis
B-- Anthers 5-8mm long; upper ventricose portion pitcher occupying 3/8-1/2
of total length … H.heterodoxa var.heterodoxa f.glabra
8.) A-- Some or all of the hairs in throat (excluding the basal ring of
hairs) c.2-5mm in length, scattered or
relatively distant from each other, or deciduous over glabrous
surface…………………………………………………………………..9
B-- Hairs in throat (excluding the basal ring of hairs) minute, like
uniform velvet, c.0.5-1mm in length ………………………………10
9.) A-- Pedicels glabrous; scapes 8-10 flowered; pitchers 40-50cm long;
pitcher upper pubescent zone 14.5-19cm
long, comprising 3/8 or more of whole pitcher length………………….. H.ionasii
B-- Pedicels more or less pubescent; scapes 1-5 flowered; pitchers 2-22cm
long; pitcher upper pubescent zone 2-3cm long, comprising 1/4-3/8 of whole
pitcher length………………… H.minor
10.) A-- Anthers 3-3.5mm long; upper pubescent zone 6-8.5cm long, comprising
1/3-3/8 of whole pitcher length, with +or- uniform hairs c.0.7-1mm
long ………………….…….. H.nutans
B-- Anthers 5-8mm long; upper pubescent zone 7-18cm long, comprising
3/8-1/2 of whole pitcher
length, mostly with hairs c.0.5-0.7mm long except for lowermost portion
where hairs are c.0.7-1mm long ..……………….H.heterodoxa

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Key 2

1.) A-- Anthers <4.5mm long …………….………..…………..……………………..2
B-- Anthers >4.5mm long …………….………..…………..……………………..5
2.) A-- Pedicels pubescent .…….….............……………………………...…………..3
B-- Pedicels glabrous ………….……………………………………….…H.nutans
3.) A-- Anthers 15 ……………………………...…………….………….…H.ionasii
B-- Anthers >15; leaves typically 5-15cm tall ……………………………………4
4.) A-- Throat pubescent, ~1/3 or less of pitcher height………………...….…H.minor
B-- Throat smooth …………………………………………..….…H.minor f.laevis
5.) A-- Pedicels glabrous, anthers <15 (never >16), stems
unbranched ……………..6
B-- Pedicels pubescent, anthers >15, stems occasionally branched ……………...8
6.) A-- Lid well-developed …….…………...………..…H.heterodoxa var.heterodoxa
B-- Lid minimally developed ……………………………………………………..7
7.) A-- Throat pubescent ...….…………...……….H.heterodoxa var. exappendiculata
B-- Throat glabrous ……………..… H.heterodoxa var.exappendiculata f.glabella
8.) A-- Throat glabrous above pubescent ring or with hairs of equal
length ….………..………………...…………...…..9
B-- Throat pubescent, hairs tapered in length from 0.2-1.0mm at the top to
1-1.5 at pubescent ring……………………10
9.) A-- Throat glabrous above pubescent ring ……… H.tatei var.tatei
f.macdonaldae
B-- Throat pubescent with hairs of equal length ……….…
H.tatei var.tatei f.tyleri
10.) A-- Pitcher exterior pubescent …………………………….… H.tatei var.neblinae
B-- Pitcher exterior glabrous ……………………...… H.tatei var.neblinae f.parva

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[CP] H. tatei or H. neblinae? that is the question

james tincher jamestincher at msn.com
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Fernando,



Thank you for the reply, I have seen and used your keys before mate. :)



IMHO the root of the problem is that those who we as hobbyist consider the experts don't even seem to agree. If you post a picture on the major forums and ask if its H. neblinae or not, it simply becomes an argument between the two major camps. At the end of the day nothing is gained. This has already occurred with the pubescent/glabrous/parva/vertical/horizontal stem/etc. etc. issue.



IMHO, we really need the ICPS to step in and take the leadership role that only it can provide.



James "Butch" Tincher


[CP] H. tatei or H. neblinae? that is the question

Dave Evans dpevans at rci.rutgers.edu
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Dear James,


What are you describing? What camps? What sort of leadership from ICPS
will help ID a plant??? Why don't we ask Hugo Chavez for some "leadership
help" too?

I think there is some issue with hybrids in cultivation, BTW...


Thanks,
Dave Evans

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james tincher jamestincher at msn.com
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Dave,



I'm asking for help with H. neblinae.... Excuse me for using "two camps" instead of names. As an enthusiast of both CP books and plants I was trying to be PC.

In Mcpherson's book he states that most neblinae in cultivation are not true neblinae, whereas Wistuba who is the source for most of the neblinae in cultivation would seem to disagree.



Since both parties are highly respected and much more knowledgable then I, I'm asking for help. When this subject comes up on the forums it quickly becomes a pointless argument from supporters of the "two camps" with no true progress being made.



If not the ICPS then who would be a better source to ask when the experts cannot agree?



So I'm asking for help and not from Hugo Chavez



James

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Dave Evans dpevans at rci.rutgers.edu
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Dear James,

Thanks for explaining what you're talking about. McPherson is correct, but
so is Wistuba.

The main problem is when Wistuba collected some of his material, the names
of the taxa were a little different. Also, Wistuba continues to find and
name more species; not a problem but I suppose it can be a little confusing
too. Especially when he doesn't go back and fix the information on his
Web-site. Some of his plant labeled as "H. neblinae" do appears to be
hybrids; not a different species. For example, his "red" H. neblinae clone
is a hybrid.

Also, Wistuba offers both H. neblinae and H. tatei. He has H. tatei from
three Cerros (table mountains) and he has a couple clones of H. neblinae,
one or two of which are hybrids. Not sure if McPherson's comments were even
directed at Wistuba's plant offerings... Wistuba used to sell H. neblinae
under the name "H. tatei" for several years and this might be what McPherson
is/was talking about.

H. meblinae used to be combined with H. tatei, but Wistuba's web-site is
still using the old names in some cases. I have asked him several times
over the years to read and update his own web-site as it is a bit confusing,
but to no avail...

All the H. neblinae and H. tatei I've seen in person looked correct, except
for the "red tatei".


Bye for now,
Dave Evans

P.S. I hope I'm not now stuck in a camp of uselessness somewhere...
P.S.S. McPherson also indicates a third taxa from within _H. tatei_ should
also be considered a separate species, but I'm not sure who is growing or
making _H. macdonaldae_ available to the public, but it is from Cerro Duida
and perhaps Wistuba is selling it also...



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Fernando Rivadavia fe_riva at uol.com.br
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Hello James,

Taxonomy can certainly be frustrating -- especially for those of us who work
with it, believe me! :)

Often, taxonomic debates will rage for years and nothing will be agreed upon
by all specialists. And most often names will change continuously as we
learn more and more about the plants and as new views are introduced. This
is all part of the learning process! :) ICPS nor any other plant journal
serves as a judging board to decide taxonomic matters, I'm sorry to say.

Although I'm far from being a Heliamphora taxonomist, myself and my good
friend Gert Hoogenstrijd do have a unique perspective here that no one else
has: we were together with Wistuba on Neblina in the 1998/1999 expedition
and we were with McPherson for a 2nd expedition to Neblina in 2006. So let
me try to give you a little bit of a historical perspective to hopefully
clear things up a bit...

The Neblina Massif is horseshoe-shaped and the southern "arm" forms the
border between Brazil and Venezuela. This southern side is very mountainous
and is where Mt.Neblina itself is located as well as other high peaks. It is
extremely wet/ foggy (thus the name, neblina = fog) and vegetation is mostly
low forests with lots of Bonnetia. Open patches were not too common except
on the rocky outcrops, including the final climb to Mt.Neblina from
2000-3000m.

In the wet semi-open forested areas around 2000m we discovered on one side
of a valley what was later named H.hispida. In the center of this valley was
an open & grassy bowl-shaped boggy area where we found and amazing
population of what we believed at the time to be H.neblinae. The plants were
INCREDIBLY variable in pitcher shape & size (including the lid) and some
formed very long creeping stems (and some formed short vertical stems). It
was simply beautiful and amazing -- and absolutely crazy taxonomically! --
with each individual clone worthy of cultivar status.

In 2006, Gert, Stew & I visited the northern "arm" of the Neblina Massif.
This was basically one long table-top mountain with rolling grassy hills
surrounded by steep cliffs. This whole area was much drier than what we'd
seen nearly 7 year before, right across the huge canyon to the south. And
everywhere we went we saw H.neblinae. These plants were very hairy, had
large broad lids, only occasionally formed vertical stems, and were not
nearly as variable as the plants we'd seen previously on the southern side
of the highlands -- although there was certainly some variability in pitcher
color as well as shape.

The expedition to this northern section of Neblina (where we also
rediscovered the amazing D.meristocaulis) allowed us to observe type
H.neblinae and conclude that this was a good species -- and not a subspecies
or variety of H.tatei. It also led us to believe that what we'd found in the
southern side of the mountains was not H.neblinae but most likely a hybrid
swarm. H.hispida grew around the edges of that grassy bog and I actually
doubt ANY of the plants there were pure H.neblinae. I don't remember any
hairs on the exterior of the pitchers and they looked quite different from
what I later saw in 2006. Maybe it was even a hybrid swarm of H.tatei mixed
with H.hispida.

So anyways, if you are cultivating one of Wistuba's H.neblinae (or H.tatei
var.neblinae) clones from the 1998/1999 expedition, it is from this hybrid
population and in my opinion is not H.neblinae. But, if you bought clones
that Wistuba obtained from seed from the 2nd Neblina expedition in 2006,
then you probably have true H.neblinae.

Hope this helps!
Fernando

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Andreas Fleischmann fleischmann at lrz.uni-muenchen.de
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Hello,

Thanks for the explanations, Fernando!
It's even a bit more complicated! I'm currently working on the taxonomy of
Heliamphora, and thus have studied all major herbarium collections of
Heliamphora worldwide, including the type material of all species. All
except of the stem-forming southern species are quite easy to seperate
taxonomically, but the Amazon species seem to form a big swarm of
integrades...

1. H. tatei and H. neblinae are both highly variable, especially in terms
of general size, pitcher shape and especially the shape of the lid. This
is even true for the type specimens! BUT: H. tatei always has a glabrous
outer pticher surface, whereas that of H. neblinae is variably lined with
hairs.

2. H. neblinae is confined to the Neblina massif, consisting of the two
peaks of Neblina, and the uplands surrounding it, as well as to the
neighbouring Cerro Aracamuni and Cerro Avispa.

3. H. tatei is NOT exclusively endemic to the Cerro
Duida-Marahuaca-Huachamacari massifs, but also occurs on Neblina, at least
on the northern part of that mountains. It seems that some part of the
plants that Andreas Wistuba sells as H. neblinae have a strong influence
of H. tatei.

4. I consider H. neblinae a highly variable species, however at least two
varieties are clearly distinguished: H. neblinae var. neblinae and H.
neblinae var. parva. The latter is the stunted and very hairy plant with
large circular lids pictured in Stewart McPherson's books, and which he
calls "true H. neblinae".
H. neblinae var. neblinae is the plant with hughe pitcher that Stewart
pictured on Aracamuni, which he thinks should be considered a distinct
species. But that's "typical" H. neblinae, with fan-shaped upright lid and
-most diagnostic- a broad triangular red part free of retrorse hairs
running down the upper third of the pitcher interior.
In my opinion, H. neblinae var. viridis is of little taxonomic value. H.
tyleri (from Duida) still remains doubtful for me, however it's
differences to H. tatei seem to be little but constant. Too bad that
nobody has studied the type populations on Duida sice...

To summ it up, that's the reason of all the confusion: the "true" H.
neblinae that Andreas Wistuba has (the ones from the north), are H.
neblinae var. neblinae. (and some clones might be hybrids with H. tatei
and H. hispida, and maybe even something different).
The plants Stewart refers to as "true" H. neblinae (the ones from the
south), are H. neblinae var. parva.

All the best,

Andreas

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Dave Evans dpevans at rci.rutgers.edu
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Dear Andreas and Fernando,


Thanks for the very detailed letters. It really helps people (me too)
understand the situation better.

Andreas, what do you think about _H. macdonaldae_ from Cerro Duida? I
realize you didn't visit that mountain, but apparently there are several
specimens from there you have reviewed...

I'm very keen on learning more about _Heliamphora_ and the topography of
their native range. However, I'm having some trouble finding any decent
maps, or any new information besides for Stewart's books.... How are you
fellows accessing good information from which to base your explorations?

For example, I have some seed grown _H. heterodoxa_ from a place called
Chivatone from 15 years ago. I still can't figure where this place is,
besides for somewhere in the Great Savanna, apparently north of Chimanta
Massif.


Thanks,
Dave E.

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Fernando Rivadavia fe_riva at uol.com.br
Thu Jul 1 20:07:14 EDT 2010
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Andreas,

Thanks so much for your input and clarifications! I was thinking of your
DNA work as I was writing my message. We've talked a lot about it, but I
can't find anything in my files, so I'm guessing you haven't published it
yet?

> 2. H. neblinae is confined to the Neblina massif, consisting of the two
> peaks of Neblina, and the uplands surrounding it, as well as to the
> neighbouring Cerro Aracamuni and Cerro Avispa.

Ha!

> 3. H. tatei is NOT exclusively endemic to the Cerro
> Duida-Marahuaca-Huachamacari massifs, but also occurs on Neblina, at least
> on the northern part of that mountains. It seems that some part of the
> plants that Andreas Wistuba sells as H. neblinae have a strong influence
> of H. tatei.

Are you sure you meant to write "Northern"? Wistuba was in the S part of
Neblina, but he also obtained seeds from our 2006 expedition to the N...
What did the DNA sequence of the H.tatei/neblinae from the 1st expedition to
the S part of Neblina show up as?

> 4. I consider H. neblinae a highly variable species, however at least two
> varieties are clearly distinguished: H. neblinae var. neblinae and H.
> neblinae var. parva. The latter is the stunted and very hairy plant with
> large circular lids pictured in Stewart McPherson's books, and which he
> calls "true H. neblinae".
> H. neblinae var. neblinae is the plant with hughe pitcher that Stewart
> pictured on Aracamuni, which he thinks should be considered a distinct
> species. But that's "typical" H. neblinae, with fan-shaped upright lid and
> -most diagnostic- a broad triangular red part free of retrorse hairs
> running down the upper third of the pitcher interior.

OK, I see I have pics of both these varieties on Neblina itself. On
Aracamuni and Avispa, my pics show a wide variation in these characters...

> In my opinion, H. neblinae var. viridis is of little taxonomic value. H.
> tyleri (from Duida) still remains doubtful for me, however it's
> differences to H. tatei seem to be little but constant. Too bad that
> nobody has studied the type populations on Duida sice...

The H.tatei that Stew, Gert & I found on Duida with H.macdonaldae, do you
not consider that "type"? And like Dave, I too want to know your opinion of
H.macdonaldae (hopefully it was included in your DNA studies?). It certainly
looked like a good species to me on Duida!

> To summ it up, that's the reason of all the confusion: the "true" H.
> neblinae that Andreas Wistuba has (the ones from the north), are H.
> neblinae var. neblinae. (and some clones might be hybrids with H. tatei
> and H. hispida, and maybe even something different).
> The plants Stewart refers to as "true" H. neblinae (the ones from the
> south), are H. neblinae var. parva.

I think you got N and S inverted here again, did you not?


Best wishes,
Fernando


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james tincher jamestincher at msn.com
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Thanks everyone for the excellent replies. I wish more would see this, maybe then it would end these turf wars that seem to crop up from time to time in the forums concerning this topic..

I understand the difficulties in Heliamphora taxonomy. However, when the two sources we rely on most conflict. Then it does need to be opened up for discussion such as this. So the excellent views and information such as this has a chance to come to the surface for all to see.

For most, shades of gray are perfectly fine as long as we have the information to understand the nuances behind those shades of gray.

Fernando you have the unique perspective of being in both expeditions and seeing both populations in situ. Your first hand observations and inside information is exactly the kind of discussion I was hoping for.



It has helped a lot, thank you.



James "Butch" Tincher





So fast forward to 2011, we have the new book and McPherson, Wistuba, Fleischmann all put their names (to everyone's surprise and delight) on what many of us consider to now be the standard for the genus.
 
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Wow, good read Butch, very insightful indeed.
 
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Joseph Clemens, the CP database is not entirely correct in some cases and should not be treated as a 100% correct source of information when it comes to taxonomy. I have met Jan Schlauer, a brilliant man who deserves the utmost respect, especially for his efforts on the CP Database. However, it is just him that manages that site and one man cannot keep up with the onslaught of academic publications that are coming up nowadays and as a result there are sometimes mistakes in it. You are better off comparing databases such as Tropicos, iPlant, Biodiversity Heritage Library, IPNI, Hortus III, Index Kewensis, and JStor. Which is what I did to provide my response.

So let's begin :D
Heliamphora tatei var. parva Maguire 1978 and Heliamphora neblinae var. parva Maguire 1978 were published together in the Memoirs of the New York Botanic Garden 29: 59, f. 49: G–H, 50: A–C. 1978.

In 1984, Steyermark described Heliamphora tatei var. neblinae f. parva as a stat. nov. making this a synonym of H. neblinae var. parva Maguire 1978. Oddly enough, he didn't use H. tatei var. parva Maguire 1978 as the basionym (epithet bringing name) ??? instead choosing H. neblinae which is a completely and very distinct species from H. tatei.

Side Note: from a hobbyist perspective Steyermark would be considered a lumper while McPherson, et al. would be considered splitters when it comes to Heliamphora.

McPherson et al. elevate H. neblinae var. parva Maguire 1978 to species status giving it the name H. parva (Maguire) S. McPherson, A. Fleischm., Wistuba & Nerz 2011. They ignore H. tatei var. neblinae f. parva (Maguire) Steyerm. 1984 as a basionym and explain that all the authorities mentioned previously in this post agree that this plant deserves to be a distinct taxon but the level at which it should be named is questionable. Because Steyermark described it as an infraspecific forma of H. tatei, McPherson et al. decided that there were significant morphological differences that distinguish this plant from H. tatei and decided that Steyermark's work is not correct and should not be followed.

I often find it helpful to look at the taxonomic history of a plant to determine what is the correct name. In a way there are two lineages for this taxon so I agree that this is an unresolved taxon; however, I think McPherson et al. are correct based on my personal knowledge of Heliamphora and their argument made the most sense to me when compared to Steyermark's reasoning.

1978- H. neblinae var. parva Maguire
1984- H. tatei var. neblinae f. parva Steyerm.

or....

1978- H. neblinae var. parva Maguire
2011- H. parva S. McPherson, A. Fleischman, Wistuba & Nerz

Which is correct is a matter of opinion at this point. I thought it might be helpful to present all the facts though to help others form their own opinion.
 
  • #52
Nicely done, Pokie. You are leaving me in the dust!:hail::hail::hail:

Cheers,
Paul
 
  • #53
The easiest way to find answers online: not by asking the question, but by posting what at least someone thinks is the wrong answer! :)
In all seriousness though, this has become quite taxonomically informational, but I think it's leaning a bit away from the original purpose of the thread.....
 
  • #54
hcarlton,
Wasn't the original point, that there were some potential candidates being considered for cultivar registration. There's horticultural nomenclature involved in that. Of course, this divergence is such that cultivars only need be identified as to their genus, and the characteristics that define their cultivar status, and no species epithet is necessary.

Av8tor1 & mcmcnair,
Excellent dialog. I appreciate the time that's been invested to further illuminate this subject. Fortunately the majority of CP species are not as much disputed, as are a few. I do not pretend to have all the answers, as concerns CP nomenclature, just a strong interest in using it for our best advantage. I think that when we're discussing those taxon that are, "much in dispute", at least a bit of a footnote could be added, making a note of the situation. Helping all of us, who are less aware, become moreso.

In effect, that is what happened here. Again, I want to express my great and sincerest appreciation to those who have taken the time to share their own knowledge and understanding of the situation with this taxon - including the excellent references provided. And our posterity will also be able to look back on these threads and gain a better understanding of the cultivation history of these plants.

It's times like this that I feel, at least a little like I'm accomplishing my job as a moderator.
 
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  • #55
When the plant names get edited so much, these threads get ridiculously confusing for people new to the hobby. It's really confusing to read one thing and see that it's been edited, and then read a debate on what it's actually called from numerous sources.
 
  • #56
I agree , clear as mud
 
  • #57
Randoja & corky,
Perhaps, but such is the nature of taxonomy, names change as more is learned about the plants in question. To learn a plants name, and not learn that the name is, yet, undecided, in flux, or even that it has been changed. These plants, like us, live in the real world, stuff happens and things change.

That would be like continuing to call Mohammed Ali, Cassius Clay, after everyone else got the memo. Personally, I opt to work at keeping up with changes, until I'm too old to do so, anymore. And that time, I'm sure, is coming too soon.

For example: Not so long ago, the taxonomy of Chrysamphora californica was updated. It was moved from the genus, Chrysamphora to the genus, Darlingtonia. Of course, documents printed before the change, are immutable, but the understanding of growers and others concerned with this genus, had to change, in order for future publications to carry the updated name. Of course, some will always resist any change, and I'm sure there are some that continue to reject, even this change, though it has been widely accepted in the CP world.

These kinds of discussions are, for my mind, essential, especially for someone new to the hobby. The sooner the flexibility of taxonomy is realized, the better they will be able to understand CP, and plants in general.
 
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  • #58
woot! woot!
one of mine is in flower!!!!!!!
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Who said Heliamphora grow slow?
 
  • #60
Amazing, Av8tor! (Also, a bit aggravating to a less skilled grower such as I...)
Cheers,
Paul
 
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