Has anyone tried to hybridize Allium with Agapanthus? ----- Original Message ----- From: "J.E. Shields" <jshields@indy.net> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 10:49 AM Subject: Re: [pbs] Stenomesson/Clinanthus > Hi Mary Sue, > > Although an outsider to the world of the systematists (if that is the > correct term -- a question of the taxonomy of taxonomists) I still have > very firm opinions on new nomenclature. > > I think we should go with Alan Meerow's proposals. No one knows more > about > the New World Amaryllidaceae (now considered a small piece of Alliaceae) > than Alan. Moreover, much of his work is based on DNA sequencing studies, > which I consider the most reliable basis for taxonomic > classifications. (I'm a biochemist, so of course I would not be biased in > favor of DNA!) > > I do favor retaining the name Amaryllidaceae, for the sake of convenience > at least. I still have trouble remembering that the amaryllids are now > lumped into the Alliaceae. > > Jim Shields > Westfield, Indiana > USA > > > At 10:08 AM 7/8/2009 -0500, you wrote: >>Hi Mary Sue: >> >>You have my sympathy. At Chicago Botanic Garden we constantly struggle >>in an effort to keep our taxonomy and nomenclature up to date. It is >>particularly frustrating when two of the foremost scientific references >>do not agree. Sometimes we have found it is simply the fact they have >>not had time to update their websites but at other times they >>strenuously disagree for scientific reasons. >> >>Many thanks for not giving up in your quest for answers! We use the wiki >>as a resource for our staff when they are exploring new and different >>taxa to kept our displays interesting and new. >> >>Boyce Tankersley >>Director of Living Plant Documentation >>Chicago Botanic Garden >>1000 Lake Cook Road >>Glencoe, IL 60022 >>tel: 847-835-6841 >>fax: 847-835-1635 >>email: btankers@chicagobotanic.org >> >> >>I see that Kew is listing the accepted name as Clinanthus for all of the >> >>species on our wiki Stenomesson page except for Stenomesson pearcei >>which >>is listed under Stenomesson. On the other hand the data base maintained >>by >>the Misssouri Botanical Gardens still lists them as Stenomesson. We have >>so >>many Amaryllidaceae fans in this group. Can you give me guidance about >>which wiki page these plants should be displayed on and what most people >> >>have decided to call them. >> >>Hoping for a response. >> >>Mary Sue >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>pbs mailing list >>pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >>http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >>http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >>_______________________________________________ >>pbs mailing list >>pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >>http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >>http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > ************************************************* > Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. > P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ > Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA > Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/