Genera Pleurothallidinarum: the era of Carlyle Luer

Authors

  • Adam P. Karremans Lankester Botanical Garden, University of Costa Rica, P.O. Box 302-7050 Cartago, Costa Rica. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
  • Nicolas Davin Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15517/lank.v17i2.30273

Abstract

The era or Carlyle Luer, which currently comprehends the forty-two years since the publication of the first Icones Pleurothallidinarum in 1975, has witnessed a true revolution in the knowledge and understanding of the species belonging to the subtribe. When Luer came into the scene, after more than two hundred years of Pleurothallidinae history, there were barely 4,000 published taxon names in the subtribe, including 52 generic names and barely 1,650 accepted species. Today there are 12,133 published taxon names, including 164 generic names, and 5,114 currently accepted species belonging to the subtribe. This means that during the Luerian era published taxa, accepted or otherwise, were tripled. During this period the rate of species description has been about 85-90 species per year, and there is nothing suggesting this rate will slow down anytime soon. If this trend is maintained, as we believe it will, by the year 2026, the subtribe will include close to six thousand accepted species. 

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Published

2017-08-25

How to Cite

Karremans, A. P., & Davin, N. (2017). Genera Pleurothallidinarum: the era of Carlyle Luer. Lankesteriana: International Journal on Orchidology, 17(2). https://doi.org/10.15517/lank.v17i2.30273

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