Re: Re: Viburnum hanceanum

Claire does have a point, names are changing frequently now, and I had
only checked back as far as H3, ~1970 and Jelitto ~1950 (but an updated
version). So I took Jim's advice and checked Mobot's Flora of China
which shows it was named in 1880. It could easily have been changed
somewhere along the way. Or, the plant itself may have just been
forgotten since then, until the nurseries Josh mentioned picked up on
it.

Josh, when you do come up with something, I hope you'll share it with us.  Inquiring minds want to know!

Kitty


-------Original Message-------
From: ECPep@aol.com
Sent: 01/19/03 11:38 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Viburnum hanceanum

> 
> In a message dated 1/19/03 4:45:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
haskell@ncweb.com writes:


>           No, definitely Viburnum hanceanum, named for Dr. Henry
Fletcher
> Hance, an English botanist who served in the British Consular Service in
> Canton Province and Hong Kong in the second half of the nineteenth
century.
> As I mentioned, you will not find it in most of the usual sources:
nothing
> in Dirr, Hortus, Hillier, Bean, Krussmann, Flint, Rehder, or RHS, but
some
> folks are out there growing it.

 Of more interest, Josh, why are you drawn to this species?  Have you read 

something that sends you hunting up some information?  There is the 
possibility of a species once given species rank being found to be a form
of 
another previously named species.  A hundred years ago, named,  the name 
could by now be changed many times and entered the world of nomenclature 
confusion reigning out there in taxonomy land.

To locate the plant in the literature, you would need the currently 
recognized botanical monograph on Viburnums.  A botanical garden would 
probably research it for you given a reasonable length of time.  NY
Botanic 
is a good choice.

Claire Peplowski
NYS z4

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