Iris x dardanus
totototo@telus.net (Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:50:55 PDT)
On 2 Nov 2010, at 12:12, iain@auchgourishbotanicgarden.org wrote:
It does not appear that either the name Iris dardanus or Iris x dardanus has
been validly published in any of the International standard works, e.g. IPNI
nor can I find it in Innes' standard reference work.
"Dardanus" sure sounds like a cultivar name to me. Keep in mind that before L.
H. Bailey coined the word & concept "cultivar", cultivated plants were usually
referred to as "varieties". Moreover, Latinate cultivar names created before a
cutoff date (in the 1950s if my fallible memory still functions) are valid,
though they would not be valid if created today.
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Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada