[SANS] Sansevieria taxonomy ( or lack thereof)

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• Subject: [SANS] Sansevieria taxonomy ( or lack thereof)
• From: "* W* W* <j*@SWBELL.NET>
• Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 08:17:53 -0600
• In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19971114215226.006f0d2c@popd.ix.netcom.com>
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All;
        Without looking for 'trouble'', OR causing a fit, AND without
digging into the International Code for Cultivated plants, as I recall, a
cultivar name cannot consist of numbers. Thus a name like FKH 555 is simply
a garden name without 'validity" (to use a taxonomic term).

        "Valid" cultivar names must be registered with the recognized
international registration authority and include a 'valid'
description(diagnosis), author, origin etc. All the parameters of validity
are usually proscribed by the registration authority.

        So...
        What/ who/ where is the official registration  authority for
Sansevieria?

        Why after all these years hasn't someone 'done something' official
(valid?) about the plant that floats around as FKH 424 (among far too many
others).

        I find it rather amazing that there are so many 'un-named'
Sansevieia in cultivation with undocumented, undescribed, unregistered
cultivar and species names. Surely something as distinctive as
"Mason-Congo" and "Baseball Bat' deserve serious taxonomic study. Then
let's worry about cultivars.

        I know of no other plant group as widely cultivated that has so
many taxonomic and systematic 'gaps' in our knowledge of them.

        A major constructive function of this list would be to get some of
this mess in order. I applaud the now deceased "Sansevieria Journal" for
validy publishing new names and providing description for some confusing
cultivars. And Juan's book on S. trifasciata cvs is certainly still the
most comprehensive attempt to make sense of this one species and its cvs.
        Major work remains to be done to clarify a host of taxonomic
problems in the genus.

        Any suggestions? How can we cooperate to document correct names and
encourage thier proper usage?

        Best    Jim W.


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