[pbs] Pucara
Diana Chapman
rarebulbs at suddenlink.net
Sun Apr 27 15:36:15 EDT 2008
Hi Dylan:
So what is Pucara leucantha? Stenomesson leucanthum?
Diana
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hannon" <othonna at gmail.com>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: [pbs] Pucara
> Your photo depicts Stenomesson chloranthum. It was described a few years
> ago
> by Alan Meerow and Henk van der Werff (as a Stenomesson) and was only
> placed
> in Pucara provisionally. Pucara differs from Stenomesson by its pollen in
> tetrads as I recall. It is formally "lumped" into Stenomesson now as this
> is
> not enough of a difference to maintain it as a separate genus. No doubt
> molecular investigations support this view also. So P. leucantha is now S.
> leucanthum. Too bad for us collectors such an evocative name had to go
> away.
>
> Dylan Hannon
> Dylan Hannon Rare Bulbs
>
>
> On 4/27/08, Telos Rare Bulbs <telosrarebulbs at suddenlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> I posted a picture on my blog of a Pucara that I have down as being a new
>> species, undescribed as yet. Can anyone tell me anything about Pucara?
>> Blog is: www.thebulbmaven.typepad.com.
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