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Originally Posted by pikevi  Is that the accepted way of writing the name Dendrobium amabile syn furcatum ,where the current accepted name apears as syn.? Or should it have been Dendrobium furcatum syn. amabile? |
It is not the accepted way of writing the name. As I stated above, the word "synonym" and/or the abbreviation "syn" are not parts of a plant's botanical name and they should not be used. Only the correct, recognized name, in this case
Dendrobium furcatum, should be used. Synonyms never appear together in a botanical name.
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Originally Posted by pikevi I am just wondering if one sees an ID tag with a syn. written which name we one should assume as the current name ( the name of tom499's orchid became [Dendrobium furcatum] from [Dendrobium amabile syn furcatum]. |
If you see a tag like tom499's with "syn" on it you simply have to go do your homework and find out what the correct name of the plant is. Writing this sort of thing on a tag is erroneous to begin with so you can't tell by looking at the tag which is the proper name. Your only choice is to look it up in an authoritative text or better yet in Monocots Checklist of Species.