ON THE VALIDITY OF THE 
GENERIC NAME COCHLEANTAES RAF. 
BY 
RIcHARD Evans SCHULTES AND LESLIE A. GARAY 
THE orchid genus which is known as Warscewiczella 
Rchb.f. appears to be worthy of recognition, but the 
validity of this name is open to serious doubt. We con- 
sider that the genus is closely related to Chondrorhyncha 
of the Huntleyinae, but many of the species which prop- 
erly belong to Warscewiczella have been referred to vari- 
ous genera of the Zygopetalinae. The entire Huntleya- 
Zygopetalum alliance is in need of a critical study. It is, 
however, essential to clarify some of the nomenclatorial 
problems prior to the undertaking of such a study, and a 
start in this direction has been made in the present paper. 
Reichenbach established the genus Warscewiczella in 
1852, basing his concept on Warrea discolor Lind|., and 
pointing out its relationship to Warrea and Chondro- 
rhyncha. In 1886, Lindley had described, as Zygopetalum 
cochleare, a plant from Trinidad which cannot be accom- 
modated in Zygopetalum as now interpreted, but which 
conforms with Reichenbach’s Warscewiczella. In the 
same year, Rafinesque indicated that Lindley’s Zygo- 
petalum cochleare represented a distinct genus which he 
called, quite appropriately, Cochleanthes, citing as type 
**Zyzopetalum cochleare Lindl. b. reg. 1857” and stating 
that it was ‘‘quite a different G. from Z. makati H. b. m. 
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