Leucojum and Acis
Mary Sue Ittner (Wed, 31 Jan 2018 14:00:11 PST)
On 1/31/2018 11:49 AM, Jane McGary wrote:
I just looked up some information on /Acis tingitana/, which is
flowering in my bulb house now, and was confused by the text of the
entry in the PBS wiki. The information is credited to John Grimshaw,
but apparently written up by someone else. I can't tell from the way
it's written whether Acis is now moved back into Leucojum, or whether
both of them are to be referred to Galanthus. The problem is the
phrase "that genus," whose referent is unclear. Could someone please
clear this up for us?
I really confused by what Jane has written. I looked at the wiki page
for this species and I can't see any reference to John Grimshaw. It is
listed as Acis with a synonym reference for its former name so there
shouldn't be any puzzlement about its current name. Including the
synonym is designed to be helpful, not confusing. The phrase "that
genus" doesn't appear on the page. I'm not sure what page she was
looking at.
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…
Incidentally, the PBS wiki text speculates that plants exhibited by
the Archibalds and illustrated on the wiki may have been the same
collection as my photographed plant. They aren't -- mine came from a
seed collection with the identifier SBL, S being Michael Salmon, who
sold the seed. They may have come from about the same place in North
Africa, though.
Most of the wiki pages were created by a few of us volunteers with the
best information we can find. If anyone feels it is wrong, please
contact one of the wiki administrators or learn how to correct the wiki
yourself. I'll be happy to remove the speculation about the seed source.
So many of you have valuable information about your experiences growing
various plants. We'd love to have this on the wiki, but would need to
have more people willing to help for this to happen.
Mary Sue
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