Book ID: 107768
Braem, Guido J., Eliseo Tesón and Sandra L. Öhlund
The genus Phragmipedium. A treatise on the conduplicate - leafed slipper orchids of Latin America. 2018. 208 (200 col.) figs. 316 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
This book deals with all plants that have been described as Phragmipedium species and with three natural hybrids. Also included is Mexipedium xerophyticum, a plant originally described as a Phragmipedium species, but now, generally, considered to belong in its own monospecific genus.
Contents (chapter headings): Introduction/ General Section (the Genus Phagmipedium / Phragmipedium Culture)/ Descriptive Section (infragenericTaxonomy/ Subgenus Phragmipedium, Micropetalum, Schluckerbierium,Platypetalum, Longifolium, Himantopetalum)/ The Species (Subgenus Phragmipedium: P.caudatum, popowii, warszewiczianum, extaminodium,lindenii, guianense)/ Subgenus Micropetalum (P. schlimii Complex...)/Subgenus Schluckerbierium (P. kovachii)/ Subgenus Platypetalum/Subgenus Longifolium/ Subgenus Himantopetalum/ Appendix 1: Phragmipediumx richteri, P. x daguense, P. x narinense)/ Appendix 2: The genusMexipedium, Mexipedium xerophyticum/ Appendix 3: Literature/ Appendix 4:Index of plant names.