Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 09:11:01 From: SCHLAUER@chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1945$foo@default> Subject: RE: P.grandiflora f. chionopetra.
Dear Paul et al.,
> I predict P.grandiflora f. chionopetra will not survive a
> revision, unless of course we hear from Jan that it is not accepted and a
> revision of this "form" already exists.
The name may be valid although the eccentric mode typification is in
conflict with extant rules. A type must be a specimen, not a
photograph of the living plant. A phototype may be selected if the
holotype can be demonstrated to be unavailable (if it was destroyed
or lost). However, a phototype is always a photograph of a dried or
preserved specimen, not of a living plant.
I do not consider this form as distinct from the blue form. It is
obviously a mutant without taxonomic significance. It would have been
more appropriate to select the plant as a cultivar because it does
probably have a significance for the horticultural trade (otherwise
there would not have been a reason to be so secretive about the exact
locality!).
Kind regards
Jan
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