I've seen *nomen nudem* used for as yet unpublished names. On Thu, 16 Jul 2020, 04:18 Robert Lauf via pbs, < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Not to beat a dead horse, but it is interesting to note that neighboring > watersheds are by their very nature separated from one another by higher > ground (the Continental Divide being an extreme example). This leads to > reproductive isolation, which is one way species become differentiated. > Great fodder for the ongoing battles between lumpers and splitters, but as > you point out so nicely, what the grower wants to know is what sort of > environmental conditions he needs to replicate! > On Wednesday, July 15, 2020, 10:50:47 PM EDT, Jane McGary via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > I was unsatisfied with 'basin' for the area surrounding a stream/river > because, as Cody notes, there are a lot of "basins" mapped in the > western USA, and they have quite a different look to me from the photos > of the cuencas submitted with the Hippeastrum book, which appear more > like steep-sided but wide canyons -- in itself a word that may not be > meaningful even to all American English speakers. Possibly the history, > or lack of history, of glaciation has something to do with this? I don't > think of a "basin" as something whose main feature is a river, though > certainly in my part of North America a basin often has streams running > into it during part of the year. If our geological colleague prefers > "watershed" to "drainage," I can see that the former is more technical, > but it might not have meaning to some readers of the English version. > > I may just keep the Spanish word. After all, we use loan words from many > languages for land features, such as "arroyo" and "chaparral." Anyone > who is using this book is likely to be a South American who knows what a > cuenca is, or a foreigner who doesn't need to know unless they are in > Bolivia, in which case they can see for themselves. Learning the flora > of most parts of the world entails getting used to some native landform > or vegetation terms. > > For people who are in other parts of the world and want to grow the > plants appropriately, information on elevation, soil, steepness, climate > cycle, and moisture are there. I was surprised to learn how many > Hippeastrum species grow in moist places. I haven't seen them in the > wild, and I had a sort of idea that they grew like Rhodophiala or Placea > in Chile and Argentina, in drier situations. > > Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…