Pucara

Hannon othonna@gmail.com
Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:54:54 PDT
Yes, S. leucanthum

On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Diana Chapman <rarebulbs@suddenlink.net>
wrote:

> Hi Dylan:
>
> So what is Pucara leucantha?  Stenomesson leucanthum?
>
> Diana
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hannon" <othonna@gmail.com>
> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 11:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Pucara
>
>
> > Your photo depicts Stenomesson chloranthum. It was described a few years
> > ago
> > by Alan Meerow and Henk van der Werff (as a Stenomesson) and was only
> > placed
> > in Pucara provisionally. Pucara differs from Stenomesson by its pollen
> in
> > tetrads as I recall. It is formally "lumped" into Stenomesson now as
> this
> > is
> > not enough of a difference to maintain it as a separate genus. No doubt
> > molecular investigations support this view also. So P. leucantha is now
> S.
> > leucanthum. Too bad for us collectors such an evocative name had to go
> > away.
> >
> > Dylan Hannon
> > Dylan Hannon Rare Bulbs
> >
> >
> > On 4/27/08, Telos Rare Bulbs <telosrarebulbs@suddenlink.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> I posted a picture on my blog of a Pucara that I have down as being a
> new
> >> species, undescribed as yet.  Can anyone tell me anything about Pucara?
> >> Blog is:  http://www.thebulbmaven.typepad.com/.
> >>
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