"Dardanus' is a cultivar; a regeliocyclus, probably I. korolkowi x I.iberica or its reciprocal. and not the original clone but a remade cross reselected selected. . . I'd have to check--my memory isn't always right. ----- Original Message ----- From: <totototo@telus.net> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 1:50 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Iris x dardanus > On 2 Nov 2010, at 12:12, iain@auchgourishbotanicgarden.org wrote: > >> It does not appear that either the name Iris dardanus or Iris x dardanus >> has >> been validly published in any of the International standard works, e.g. >> IPNI >> nor can I find it in Innes' standard reference work. > > "Dardanus" sure sounds like a cultivar name to me. Keep in mind that > before L. > H. Bailey coined the word & concept "cultivar", cultivated plants were > usually > referred to as "varieties". Moreover, Latinate cultivar names created > before a > cutoff date (in the 1950s if my fallible memory still functions) are > valid, > though they would not be valid if created today. > > > -- > Rodger Whitlock > Victoria, British Columbia, Canada > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/