Hi Anita,
Neither we nor the AIS has the resources to do genetic testing on irises. We actually do not receive irises, but rather a form that is used to describe the iris in enough detail that it should be recognizable in the garden or on the show bench.
However, as you might assume, some people describe their registrations in great detail and others not so much, often in only minimal terms. There are over 65,000 registered irises. There Is no way to, nor are we responsible to, compare a new registration against existing registrations. It is certainly true that there are many irises that are indistinguishable from each other.
Now if you are thinking about species iris, determining whether a newly discovered iris is a new species or not is generally done by well established botanists and international organizations. I really do not know much about it as it is outside our area of responsibility.
Thanks
John
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> On Jan 30, 2015, at 11:01 AM, 'aclyburn17@frontier.com' aclyburn17@frontier.com [iris-species] <iris-species@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> Dear Sir,
> When someone sends in an iris to be registered these days, how do they make sure it isn't a duplicate of one that someone else has sent in?
> Do they do genetic testing on them perhaps?
> Thanks,
> Anita Clyburn
> Terre Haute, IN
> Zone 5
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> On Friday, January 30, 2015 1:20 AM, "John Jones jijones@usjoneses.com [iris-species]" <iris-species@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> I have received registrations from several Chinese growers (in university programs) this year.
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> Do you think it might be useful to ask them to translate the names on the link you sent.
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> Thanks
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> John
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> > On Jan 29, 2015, at 11:15 AM, David Ferguson manzano57@msn.com [iris-species] <iris-species@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> > Two beauties - another oops
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> > Not my day for sending emails. Accidentally sent an unfinished one earlier, and left the link off of this one.
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> > http://www.tbg.org.tw/tbgweb/cgi-bin/topic.cgi?forum=70&topic=381
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> > Dave
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> > To: iris-species@yahoogroups.com
> > From: iris-species@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 12:14:35 -0700
> > Subject: RE: [iris-species] Re: A new cres! ted iris? - oops
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> > Two beauties
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> > Two plants posted by (?correct name translation?) Tower Botanical Gardens in Taiwan. The first appears to be the real Iris sichuanensis (ones in cultivation are mostly or perhaps all Iris tectorum). The second - perhaps a purple Iris japonica - really pretty. Note the purple-based foliage. It would be fun to try and grow these, and also to hybridize them.
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