Time travel and ancient plants
Robt R Pries (Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:43:59 PST)
Boyce: It is good to hear from you. You know about my
personal interest in Iris. I suspect in every plant
society there are people who have become experts on
certain genera. They may or may not be publishing
papers in scientific journals but their knowledge is
nonetheless profound. What is the criteria for who is
an expert qualified to make these determinations. I
know a number of published premier scientists in Iris
who would not necessarily agree on certain wild
collected plants and would be incapable of determining
cultivars. I guess what I am suggesting is that I
believe in each specialty society there are very
capabale people who could offer sound determinations
and would probably be willing to do so at a minimal
cost. I guess I suspect there are many good experts
available within their realm of competance. But no
matter who acts as an authority there will always be
someone who would question that authority. I suspect
that plant societies contain as many competent
authenticators as the insitutions and they would
probably cost less. Just a thought. Bob Pries.
--- Boyce Tankersley <btankers@chicagobotanic.org>
wrote:
Boyce Tankersley
Director of Living Plant Documentation
Chicago Botanic Garden
1000 Lake Cook Road
Glencoe, IL 60022
tel: 847-835-6841
fax: 847-835-1635
email: btankers@chicagobotanic.org
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Diane Whitehead
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 3:04 PM
To: Pacific Bulb Society
Subject: Re: [pbs] Time travel and ancient plants
Hi All:
A quick clarification on the NAPCC. It contains wild
and cultivated
plants. Both groups must be verified by an expert to
be true to name.
Theoretically, a plant society can partner with a
botanic garden to host
one of the NAPCC collections. In reality, the
challenges of creating a
working relationship that will span multiple human
generations has been
overwhelming.
" The North American Plant Collections Consortium
(NAPCC) registers
collections at botanic gardens and arboreta. All
the plants must be
of known wild provenance. It is an expensive
program, as the
institution must pay the expenses of an expert to
come and certify
the collection.
Diane Whitehead"
Boyce Tankersley
Director of Living Plant Documentation
Chicago Botanic Garden
Glencoe, IL 60022
Visit our website at http://www.chicagobotanic.org/ for more
information.
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