Talk:Fieldia australis

Very odd that the main entry for Fieldia redirects to Vandopsis, an orchid genus. That name is illegitimate (later homonym) with no nomenclatural priority or status except as a synonym and has never had wide usage since its publication. (Reichenbach's usage of the genus in transferring two additional orchid species into Fieldia is rather puzzling--an orchid taxonomist may be able to shed more light on that. Vandopsis is presumably a nom. nov. for Fieldia Gaudichaud but neither Tropicos nor IPNI reflect that.)  On the other hand the gesneriad genus Fieldia has nomenclatural priority and is well-established in the literature. BTW Fieldia is not a unispecific genus; B.L. Burtt transferred another species into Fieldia in 1999. For more information please refer to: http://persoon.si.edu/gesneriaceae/checklist —Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.111.254.17 (talk) 14:05, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I've now created a set index article at Fieldia.Melburnian (talk) 01:21, 8 September 2010 (UTC)