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Re: Cimicifuga into Actaea

The incorporation of Cimicifuga into Actaea was published in (the 
peer reviewed) Taxon (47) 593-634 in 1998 by James Compton and 
Stephen Jury, two very eminent botanists; so I think we can probably 
assume that this change is 'OK'.

Graham Rice

http://grahamrice.com

>Thank you very much Marty.
>
>I have bookmarked the RHS website that includes the
>Plantfinder and I will probably order the book (maybe
>only because DK, my favorite bookies, is now the
>publisher).
>
>I kind of lean toward Peter Loewer's philosophy,
>though.  Although the British plant community has
>"made the case" for conversion of Cimicifuga to
>Actaea, I'll wait for the international botanical
>community to accept the case.
>
>And besides, we don't grow Cimicifuga nor Actaea in
>our gardens here in California.  lol
>
>Joe
>
>--- martywin@qwest.net wrote:
>>  Joe and anyone else wondering where I got the
>>  information that the genus
>>  Cimicifuga has been moved into Actaea, here it is:
>>
>>  RHS The Garden, January 200; pages 48-52
>>  "The name is the game"
>>
>>  I never get rid of my copies of The Garden; I find
>>  it a fabulous
>>  reference.  It fills the gap between science and
>>  gardening in a way that
>>  I don't think any publication in this country does.
>>
>>  Marty Wingate
>>
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