Re: Nomenclature
Loren Russell (loren@peak.org)
Fri, 27 Sep 1996 20:57:48 -0700 (PDT)
The only point which [I think] Jan missed in responding to Roberto's
question about the synonymy of D.spatulata is that [I believe] the
"Hort." means something like "as cited by stupid gardeners". That is,
"spathulata" was not published as a botanic name, but has currency in the
horticultural literature [or, in other cases, a valid name, used wrongly
in horticulture". And "spatulata" means "shpaed like a spatula" [the
leaves]...
Loren Russell, Corvallis, Oregon