[pbs] Arum - naming a Group
Graham Rice
garden at tiscali.co.uk
Mon Apr 9 09:38:39 EDT 2007
Yes, quite right. As with the publication of any new name it requires
to be published in a reasonably accessible publication (including a
nursery catalogue) with, as John suggests, a description suitably
comprehensive to establish beyond reasonable doubt the
characteristics of the plants involved.
However, I'm not sure if the group names which have appeared in the
PlantFinder recently - Helleborus foetidus Wester Flisk Group, for
example - and which have often been coined by the RHS have all
actually been published in this way...
Graham Rice
Milford, PA
http://TransatlanticPlantsman.com
>Nobody is disbarred from naming any botanical/horticultural entity so long
>as the correct procedure is followed. So far as I'm aware (Graham Rice will
>correct if I'm wrong) the procedure to publish a group name requires its
>publication with a description of the characters it covers, preferably as
>comprehensively as possible. An example of this is the publication of the
>Galanthus nivalis Sandersii Group in our book 'Snowdrops', p.90-93, which I
>know Diane can look up, where the yellow variants of Galanthus nivalis are
>comprehensively discussed and the covering Group name instituted.
>
>John Grimshaw
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>From: "Diane Whitehead" <voltaire at islandnet.com>
>To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs at lists.ibiblio.org>
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>Subject: Re: [pbs] Arum - naming a Group
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>> John Grimshaw described three instances where a Group name is used
>> for plants.
>>
>> Who decides that a Group name is appropriate? In the case of a genus
>> with a regulating body, must it be done officially? Could a nursery
>> owner or an enthusiastic amateur decide to name one?
>>
>>
>> Diane Whitehead
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