[pbs] Two Allium of the season - RESEND
JamieV.
jamievande at freenet.de
Sun Jun 3 14:57:25 EDT 2007
Jim,
cultivar names have nothing to do with the international code of
nomenclature. If cultivar names are registered at all, it is with a
body that maintains these specific records; such as the Royal
Horticultural Society, American Hemerocallis Society, etc. Botanical
names, however, must follow the code, therefore, if it is a described
entity under the code, then the latin must decline properly.
Theoretically, you could have an Allium whateverii album 'Alba'. A bit
silly, but so are most rules!
Jamie V.
I always wanted an orchid named after me; Vanda rothschildiana 'Vande',
just to keep us amused!
Jim McKenney schrieb:
> John Grimshaw wrote: "Of course it must agree in gender! Allium is a neuter
> noun so any adjectives
> in Latin must agree with it and have a neuter -um ending, not a feminine -a,
>
> Unless it was published before 1957 the use of 'Album' is illegitimate
> anyway, and a name in a vernacular language should be substituted."
>
>
> Maybe I should have been a lawyer.
>
> Suppose I have a good friend whose nickname is "Album". And suppose this
> name is not derived from the Latin, but rather in his non-Indo-European
> language this combination of transliterated letters means "prodigious
> quaffer of beer".
>
> Surely I may name a cultivar for him and call it 'Album'.
>
> Or may I?
>
> On consideration, I would hope that I could name a cultivar 'Alba' to
> commemorate an Italian friend of that name.
>
> And does the international code require that authors explain the etymology
> of specific epithets or generic names? I don't recall seeing that in the
> code; is it there?
>
>
> Jim McKenney
> jimmckenney at jimmckenney.com
> Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where it's finally raining.
> My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com
>
>
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