Re: Iris virginica 'Alba'

 

I. virginica forma alba Van T.


Thank you - Google finds absolutely no mention of "iris virginica forma alba" or "iris virginica f alba", which makes it kind of hard to discover its existence. Do you happen to have the year of publication and the full catalog description? Also, the AIS wiki does list 'Virginica, Alba' as a cultivar name.
 

If there were no botanical description officially recorded, you may still use the botanical Latin to describe it as a form of virginica with no author. Despite a large tome of botanical rules of nomenclature I know of no rule that says you are in violation of the official code by doing so.


Forma is a taxon rank under the ICBN, so wouldn't you have to validly publish the name in a scientific journal nowdays?


Sean Z

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