RE: Change in registered cultivar name
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- Subject: RE: Change in registered cultivar name
- From: "* W* <h*@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 18:45:18 PST
I guess we all still learn something new every day!!!
Thanks for the info,
Chris
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>From: "David Stevenson" <steve021@tc.umn.edu>
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>Subject: RE: Change in registered cultivar name
>Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 18:58:55 -0600
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>Chris,
>
>Actually, the cutoff Pete Ruh mentioned was 1959 (year the first Code
was
>published). As you can see from the article below the rule does apply
to
>all Latin words except in the case of a name of an ancient Roman person
or
>place. The rules of The International Code of Nomenclature for
Cultivated
>Plants apply to all cultivated plants, not just hosta, and are not just
by
>the applied by the AHS.
>
>"17.9. To be established, a new cultivar epithet published on or after
1
>January 1959 must be a word or words in a modern language (except as
>otherwise required under Art. 17.3); Latin words or words which may be
>considered to be Latin, and thus are liable to cause confusion, may not
be
>used unless they are the classical name of an ancient Roman person, or
of a
>place." (ICNCP 1995)
>
>I do agree that Magna Cum Laude is not likely to be confused with a
species
>name.
>
>David Stevenson
>Hosta Registrar
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-hosta-open@mallorn.com
>> [o*@mallorn.com]On Behalf Of Chris Weiss
>> Sent: Monday, January 18, 1999 5:52 PM
>> To: hosta-open@mallorn.com
>> Subject: Re: Change in registered cultivar name
>>
>>
>> According to Pete Ruh, the AHS has this rule against Latin names
unless
>> you can provide proof that the plant was found before 1969 (I'm not
sure
>> the relevance of this date). The confusion comes in when people
choose
>> Latin names that coincide with names of other species of plants
outside
>> hostas. Then the AHS applies this rule to every Latin word
eventhough
>> it may not be used in any Latin based plant name. Magna Cum Laude,
for
>> example contains three Latin words all of which would probably never
be
>> used in any other plant across the board but since they are Latin
they
>> are rejected. I hope I did not confuse everyone with all this...if I
>> did email me and I will try to better explain.
>> Chris
>>
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