Leucojum JCA 630.480
Lauw de Jager (Sun, 28 Mar 2004 20:52:23 PST)
John,
in July 2001 Diana Chapman wrote:
J.G.Baker Handbook of the Amaryllidae:
Leucojum subgenus Acis which included trichophyllum, tingitanum,
longifolium, autumnale and roseum
I would much more confortable if indeed "Acis" was used as a subgenus.
Regards
Lauw de Jager
27/03/04 20:38, johngrimshaw@tiscali.co.uk à johngrimshaw@tiscali.co.uk a
écrit :
This plant is now correctly known as Acis tingitana, to follow the very
sensible suggestion from botanists at Kew that all the small Leucojums with
narrow leaves and unmarked flowers revert to the old genus Acis, reserving
Leucojum for the robust, wide-leaved, green-marked L. aestivum and L.
vernum. That nobody has questioned this extraordinary lumping (inb the
1880s, by J.G. Baker) in the past is really quite remarkable.
Lauw de Jager
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