Re: var. What it means....
- To: hosta-open@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: var. What it means....
- From: C*@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 23:06:08 EDT
In a message dated 8/13/1999 9:47:46 PM Central Daylight Time,
Mrgrthumb@aol.com writes:
<< In a message dated 08/13/1999 8:59:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
zonneveld@rulbim.leidenuniv.nl writes:
<< The plants wehave as Hosta plantaginea 'Aphrodite' etc are not
varieties in the botanical sense but cultivars >>
Ben,
What you shared is technically correct but in everyday discussion here in
the
States, Cultivar and Variety are used interchangeably....
Thanks though!
Dave >>
Dave is right. Ben is right. Perhaps what we should do is to differentiate
the term "variety" from the term, abbreviated "var." The latter does not mean
"variety" as everyone uses it, but rather a Latin word==varietas.
It is correct, I think, to refer to H. p. 'Aphrodite' as a "variety" of H.
plantaginea. But not correct to refer to it as a "var." of H. plantaginea.
Clyde Crockett
P.S. to Dave==Hostas on the way soon for your society.
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