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Re: Names

Dear LoWilla,

I presume you are referring to the cultivars such as the various variegates
or color variations that originate spontaneously from Sansevieria
trifasciata. They are given fancy names with single quotes. It is no longer
accepted to give them Latinized names as they to not represent naturally
occurring botanical varieties. The rules for their naming is governed by
the "International Code for Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants". A summary
of the "Cultivated Code" can be found in Rowley, G. (1980) "Name That
Succulent".

Certain variegates are unstable and may not propagate true.
Sans.trifasciata 'Forscante' has proven to be one example of this. Many
plants presently grown under that name look very different from the
original and from one another. Some of these could potentially become new
cultivars if they look consistently different from other named cultivars
and propagate true.

Does anyone else have examples of variegates not propagating true or of any
potentially new cultivars?

Cereusly Steve

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•Subject: Names
•From: LoWilla Wilson
•Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 15:04:53 -0500
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I'm not sure I know how to ask this question.  What I want to know is how
to
determine what the name should be when it doesn't match the Mother plant.
It can look like another plant with a different plant but comes from a
different Mother.  Should it be the one it looks identical to even though
they come from different sources?  Does any of that make sense?

LoWilla Wilson
Broken Arrow, OK
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