Iris domestica
Merrill Jensen (Fri, 26 Aug 2005 15:46:36 PDT)

Whew, you would think that taxonomists would be tiring of rearranging the
furniture, so to speak. Fire up the Brother...

Merrill in Palo Alto, Zone 9/10

-----Original Message-----
From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]
On Behalf Of James Waddick
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 3:35 PM
To: Pacific Bulb Society
Subject: [pbs] Iris domestica

Dear friends;
I am sort of surprised that no one has brought up this 'new'
iris species from Eastern Asia. As a result of DNA sequence evidence,
Peter Goldblastt and David Mabberley recently published (Novon 15:
128, 2005*) a taxonomic revision of the two irids previously known as
Belamcanda chinensis and Pardanthopsis dichotoma. These are obviously
closely related; enough to form the hybrid Pardancanda or Candy
lilies. Pardanthopsis has moved in and out of the genus Iris, but
here the authors firmly move it into back as Iris dichotoma.
Belamcanda and I. dichotoma form a very very discreet pair of
species and for this among other reasons, the authors include this in
iris now, too. Because of priorities and taxonomic necessities, the
only available name is now Iris domestica This doesn't flow as nicely
as Belamcanda chinensis, but so it goes.

Time to change another label (or two, or not).

best Jim W.

* Belamcanda Inculded in Iris and the new combination I. domestica
(Iridaceae: Iridae)
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