Re: Re:Let't improve the register!

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Hi Loic,

Have been swotting heavily on the R & I and Ghio pedigrees so haven't had
time to address this.

I will give you the same explanation we furnished Lawrence:

 

We conducted a careful and extensive evaluation of the
similarities/differences between ALIENOR D'AQUITAINE and ELEANOR OF
AQUITAINE when we approved the epithet on 7/30/2004. Our conclusion was that
the cultivar epithets in question were sufficiently distinctive/different
regarding verbal usage, catalog usage, printed denomination lists and
electronic databases to permit approval of ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE.
 
Our reasoning leading to the above conclusion is as follows:
 
Verbal -< the two epithets are pronounced with sufficient variance that the
possibility of confusion is very small.
 
Cataloging -- ALIENOR D'AQUITAINE is an IB, ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE a TB and in
the majority of catalogs are listed in their respective sections. In those
cases where the document consists of one alphabetized list the two cultivars
will be separated due to the different spelling.
 
Printed denomination lists (Check Lists, R & Is) -- Spelling of the two
epithets will ensure a large separation between the position listing the two
cultivars in the documents. When the above documents are employed to obtain
a listing of an iris named in honor of the queen of France, 1137­52 and of
England 1154­89, an individual whose primary language is French will search
a different section of the reference work than would an individual primarily
employing English.
 
Electronic listing <- a search for OELEANOR OF AQUITAINE¹ will not produce
the listing OALIENOR D'AQUITAINE¹. A search using only OELEANOR¹ will not
produce OALIENOR¹. A search for OD'AQUITAINE¹ will only produce the listing
for ALIENOR D'AQUITAINE.
 
In short the two cultivar epithets are pronounced differently, spelled
differently, have a differing Oword count¹, are applied to cultivars in
differing classes, and originate and are largely circulated on different
continents. We consider the differences to be sufficient that the epithets
do not constitute an infraction of the rules and recommendations for naming
plants in cultivation as detailed in the OInternational Code of Nomenclature
for Cultivated Plants¹, 7th Ed. 2004.

Cheers,

Mike