Priority rule

Guido.J.Braem@bio.uni-giessen.de
Fri, 19 Apr 1996 18:26:03 +0000


David wrote:
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> Is there a registry for Sarracenia hybrid grex names? I have been
> going through Jan Schlauer's listings and have found that at least one
> name that is in common use here in New Zealand has a validly published
> prior name Sarracenia *farnhamii = [leucophylla*rubra] was published
> in1892, while Sarracenia *readii wasn't published until 1952. What is
> the precedence for which is the correct name?

There is an 'International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated
Plants'. It was published in 1995 and has the ISBN 0 948117 01 X.

Happy CPing
Guido .