Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 07:48:47 From: SCHLAUER@chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg595$foo@default> Subject: Re:Nepenthes naming
Dear Dave,
> I was thinking of naming the hybrid as _N. * splendiana_, not a
> single clone as a cultivar
So you have the problem here that you do not agree with the author s
original intention.
> (and I really couldn't since, I didn't produce the plant, right?).
This would not be any problem. Most cultivars were named after their
breeders, not by the breeders themselves.
> Since, it was never validated
> as a cultivar and the name has already been in use for sometime,
> it will keeping with the name's tradition.
The name s tradition is an awful one (nomen nudum since 1992).
> The plant is indeed splendid, so latinizing the English word would
> also be appropriate.
So you will run into another rather serious problem. The correct
translation would be "splendida" (not "splendiana", which is only
suitable for naming the plant after a person or locality called
Splend or Splendi), and the former is already an epithet used for
another hybrid (N. * splendida HORT. ex MACF., Pflanzenr. 36:87,
1908), so you would create an (instantaneously illegitimate) later
homonym by using this.
> > Cultivars do not
> > need to be described in a protologue (no Latin, no type, no
> > taxonomic relevance).
>
> Well, I was hoping to produce something with a bit more relevance.
Impossible with hybrids of horticultural origin.
> I suppose I need to contact Bruce B. before continueing with the
> project to clarify his intent, but since the name doesn't work
> as a cultivar, he might like it to be applied to the hybrid in
> general... (as you can see, I do ;) )
I don t.
> Thank-you for the very instructive details about making a specimum
> and naming cultivars. I'm going the be naming one or two Sarracenia
> cultivars in the future when the plants are larger and more photogenic.
> The differences I noted in these plants *were* appearent from a very
> young age, and they haven't even reached the age of a year, yet.
Fine. This is what cultivar registration is made for.
Kind regards
Jan
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