[pbs] scilla peruviana

jmsjon664 at aol.com jmsjon664 at aol.com
Wed Aug 13 21:54:31 EDT 2008


Thanks to Jim McKenney for setting the record straight on the derivation of Scilla peruviana (named for the ship, the Peru, that brought it to England from its home in the western Mediterranean).  I was misled by Phillips and Rix, who said in 'Bulbs', "Linnaeus thought it came from Peru".
Jim Jones


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