Dodecatheon, was Inclusion question
Mary Sue Ittner (Sun, 06 Oct 2013 20:28:53 PDT)

I'm sure there are a lot of plants that fit the criteria for the
wiki, but haven't had a sponsor. Just because something isn't on the
wiki doesn't mean it couldn't be. It could just mean no one has
gotten around to adding it. Wiki contributors provide photos and
information about the plants they are most interested in.

Interesting that Randy has asked the question about Dodecatheon as I
plan to add at least one species of Dodecatheon to the wiki when I
have the time as I have good pictures of the "tuber"/ "caudex" and
have gone through the criteria and feel it qualifies. One thing
holding me back is whether I have to call it a Primula since the
latest from the Jepson Herbarium folks is that is what the
taxonomists are now suggesting it should be reclassified to be . Some
of these kind of changes make me understand why some people prefer
common names these days. If you referred to this genus as shooting
stars a lot of people would understand what you are talking about,
but would they if you called it Primula? I supposed we could start
using the old Latin names as new common names. That's what I did with
Zauschneria.

Mary Sue