Sternbergia lutea
James Waddick (Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:00:24 PST)

Dear Bulb loving friends,
A friend just sent me a copy of this recent article "A
Morphometric Study of Species Delimitation in Sternbergia lutea
(Alliaceae, Amaryllidoideae) and its Allies S. sicula and S.
greuterian" by Ewan Gage and Paul Wilkin published in the Botanical
Journal of the Linnean Society, 2008, 158, 460-469

Since Sternbergia are frequent garden subjects, I was
interested to read this summary:

"This research has highlighted a lack of distinctive
characters by which S. sicula, S. lutea and S. greuteriana can be
separated."

The authors assert all Sternbergia belong to a single species
and suggest that cultivar names be assigned to horticulturally
distinct subjects.

Doesn't fit my limited experience with a few very distinctive
bulbs. Comments ?

Best Jim W.
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