Ipheion/Tristagma 'Rolf Fiedler'
totototo@telus.net (Sat, 14 Apr 2007 09:15:39 PDT)
On 13 Apr 07, at 12:39, Lee Poulsen wrote:
...What are the arguments for placing 'Rolf Fiedler' in the genus
Tristagma rather than in Ipheion? Both its bulbs, leaves, and
flowers are so similar to I. uniflorum that it's difficult to
distinguish until the flowers open. I would think that these two
are what I would call sister species. Otherwise, I would wonder
why I. uniflorum isn't also place in the genus Tristagma.
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/old.php/…
which says, inter alia...
This means that there is no more Ipheion. All the correctly
"recognized" species in this genus are now Tristagma.
[Found by googling ipheion "rolf fiedler", fourth link in the
results.]
IOW, "Ipheion" uniflorum is properly Tristagma uniflora.
I had recently looked this up because I was entering a pot of 'Rolf
Fiedler' in our local show of alpines and wanted to get the "right"
name on the label. Google came through with the very message I had a
dim recollection of.
Poulsen:
More generally, I thought Tristagma was mostly a Chilean/Andean
Argentine genus that looks very similar to Ipheions.
Don Elick told me that Rolf Fiedler, the man, was an Argentine
rancher whose property was seized by the government and who
subsequently went mad. To me, the obvious implication is that
Ipheion/Tristagma/whatever 'Rolf Fiedler' is native to Argentina.
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Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate
on beautiful Vancouver Island