Peony Chameleons - problem
James Waddick (Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:56:43 PDT)
Actually Jim, I’m inclined to say that this is one of those situations where
we will simply have to agree to disagree.
Dear Jim and All,
I thought I'd just ignore this, but will
make a response, probably against my better
judgement.
Jim, I do not agree to disagree at all,
because mostly I am right and mostly you are
wrong.
Both names are in the same 'Designation
Group' (as per ICNCP) as assigned by the ISHS to
each ICRA. The second name should never have been
approved.
Cultivar names are rarely cited in detail
and few would pronounce the names differently
enough to dispel confusion.
The name confusion comes up more often than you'd imagine, obviously.
There is a very obvious problem, and it
is a good example only of a bad registration
practice.
We are stuck with this and my trying to
explain this to you obviously failed.
I hope other readers see this in its correct light.
Good luck. Jim W.
To begin with, when each name is properly cited there is minimal chance of
confusion.
There is no way to prevent people from formatting the names incorrectly and
becoming confused
Furthermore, careful speakers pronounce the words chameleon and chamaeleon
differently.
For me, the clincher would be the high degree of improbability that these
two names would be found in the same discussion
I don’t see a problem with maintaining both names. Indeed, it’s a good
training example for people learning the differences among the various sorts
of nomenclature we use.
Jim McKenney
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