Yes, quite right. As with the publication of any new name it requires to be published in a reasonably accessible publication (including a nursery catalogue) with, as John suggests, a description suitably comprehensive to establish beyond reasonable doubt the characteristics of the plants involved. However, I'm not sure if the group names which have appeared in the PlantFinder recently - Helleborus foetidus Wester Flisk Group, for example - and which have often been coined by the RHS have all actually been published in this way... Graham Rice Milford, PA http://transatlanticplantsman.com/ >Nobody is disbarred from naming any botanical/horticultural entity so long >as the correct procedure is followed. So far as I'm aware (Graham Rice will >correct if I'm wrong) the procedure to publish a group name requires its >publication with a description of the characters it covers, preferably as >comprehensively as possible. An example of this is the publication of the >Galanthus nivalis Sandersii Group in our book 'Snowdrops', p.90-93, which I >know Diane can look up, where the yellow variants of Galanthus nivalis are >comprehensively discussed and the covering Group name instituted. > >John Grimshaw > > >Dr John M. Grimshaw >Sycamore Cottage >Colesbourne >Nr Cheltenham >Gloucestershire GL53 9NP > >Tel. 01242 870567 > >COLESBOURNE PARK OPEN DAYS 2007 >Easter Monday 9 April, Arboretum Weekend 15-16 September >Gates open 1pm, last entry 4 pm >website: http://www.colesbournegardens.org.uk/ > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Diane Whitehead" <voltaire@islandnet.com> >To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 5:19 PM >Subject: Re: [pbs] Arum - naming a Group > > >> John Grimshaw described three instances where a Group name is used >> for plants. >> >> Who decides that a Group name is appropriate? In the case of a genus >> with a regulating body, must it be done officially? Could a nursery >> owner or an enthusiastic amateur decide to name one? >> >> >> Diane Whitehead >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.26/751 - Release Date: >> 07/04/2007 22:57 >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php