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RE: Correct plant names

Does anyone else use this source? What are your experiences?

Sarah, could you give us some idea of how its nomenclature and comprehensiveness compares with other sources? If you search on an invalid name does it tell you the correct one? Could you give us a few examples, what happens if you submit Polygonum cuspidatum (a long superceded name for Japanese knotweed)? Does it telll you the correct name? The free trial focuses on Gingko biloba, but some of the most popular cultivars in the US are not included. And there are no citations after 2000.

It sounds as if this could be a very important reference, but it would be useful to members of this list to know what you get for the $39.95 a year.

Graham Rice

http://GrahamRice.com

In my opinion, the University of Minnesota Plant database is the most
comprehensive source. You need a subscription to the web-site to access its
information.

Sarah Kinbar
Associate Editor
Garden Design Magazine
460 N. Orlando Ave.  Suite 200
Winter Park, FL 32789

407.571.4824

www.gardendesignmag.com



-----Original Message-----
From: Suzanne Pierot [s*@hvi.net]
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 6:07 AM
To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum
Subject: Re: [GWL] Correct plant names


Is there a "Plant Finder: book for U.S. sources similar to the one published
by the RHS?
Suzanne Pierot
----- Original Message -----
From: "Graham Rice" <garden@tiscali.co.uk>
To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum"
<gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 10:55 PM
Subject: [GWL] Correct plant names



 I think it's interesting that my recommendation of a British book as
 the last word on correct plant names drew so few responses from the
 (predominantly American) membership of this list. I'd be very
 interested to know what garden writers actually use to ensure that
 their plant names are correct. Or is no one especially interested in
 the subject?

 As evidence of the importance of this issue, a recent Timber Press
 book has just been reviewed in The Garden (the Journal of the Royal
 Horticultural Society), now the best selling garden magazine in
 Britain. "The standard of nomenclature in the book is poor... In many
 instances the proper distinctions between variety, subspecies,
 cultivar and hybrid have not been made," says the expert reviewer.
 "Some of the names are not in current usage..." In a serious and
 supposedly authoritative book, this not really acceptable and the
 review shows that authors will be found out.

 Getting the names right is absolutely basic. How do other members of
 this list go about ensuring nomenclatural acccuracy?

 Graham Rice

 http://GrahamRice.com
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