Yes, S. leucanthum On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Diana Chapman <rarebulbs@suddenlink.net> wrote: > Hi Dylan: > > So what is Pucara leucantha? Stenomesson leucanthum? > > Diana > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hannon" <othonna@gmail.com> > To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 11:37 AM > Subject: Re: [pbs] Pucara > > > > Your photo depicts Stenomesson chloranthum. It was described a few years > > ago > > by Alan Meerow and Henk van der Werff (as a Stenomesson) and was only > > placed > > in Pucara provisionally. Pucara differs from Stenomesson by its pollen > in > > tetrads as I recall. It is formally "lumped" into Stenomesson now as > this > > is > > not enough of a difference to maintain it as a separate genus. No doubt > > molecular investigations support this view also. So P. leucantha is now > S. > > leucanthum. Too bad for us collectors such an evocative name had to go > > away. > > > > Dylan Hannon > > Dylan Hannon Rare Bulbs > > > > > > On 4/27/08, Telos Rare Bulbs <telosrarebulbs@suddenlink.net> wrote: > >> > >> I posted a picture on my blog of a Pucara that I have down as being a > new > >> species, undescribed as yet. Can anyone tell me anything about Pucara? > >> Blog is: http://www.thebulbmaven.typepad.com/. > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> pbs mailing list > >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > >> http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >