Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 16:04:22 -0500 From: "Mellichamp, T. Larry" <tlmellic@email.uncc.edu> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3617$foo@default> Subject: RE: "unpublished cultivar"
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Subject: unpublished cultivar
Dear Phil et al.,
> S. leucophylla "Schnell's Ghost" is an unpublished
cultivar from Martin
> Cheek here in the UK.
There is no such thing like an unpublished cultivar. Either
a name of a cultivated plant is published, registered, and established or it
is rubbish.
The name mentioned is not registered, nor has any
application
reached the ICPS (the CP IRA since recently) so far, nor did
I see
any publication mentioning that name (please communicate a
reference to me if anyone has seen such a publication).
My thoughts:
I would suggest that Jan is a bit strong in his dismissal of
an "unpublished cultivar" as rubbish. What would you call a selection that
has not yet been published and registered? Simply "selection" or a "named
selection" or a "tentatively named selection" seem too weak, though those
are technically the better terms. For some practical reasons I see nothing
wrong with using the term "unpublished cultivar." It certainly conveys a
specific meaning to those who use such terminology. (I am not, however
prepared to argue in favor of it becoming the BEST term to use.) Let's hear
some other terms that are widely known and understood.
BTW, I do not like the name "Schnell's Ghost" for its
implications.
There must be a more clever name.
Best wishes,
Larry
Larry Mellichamp
Biology Dept.
UNC Charlotte
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