Re: AIS Registrations
- To: i*@egroups.com
- Subject: Re: AIS Registrations
- From: C*@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 15:37:16 EDT
Vince sez:
<< Well, yes and no. While an iris from any country CAN be registered, it
does not mean that they ARE. Registering an iris costs money, and if someone
from France or Germany or East Timor has no intention of selling their intro
in the
states, they won't bother.>>
In which case the names of their irises have no "legitimacy" according to the
rules of the International Codes of plant nomenclature, which is a treaty
sort of thing administered buy an international group which meets to consider
these matters and has at least since the turn of the century. Different
organizations oversee different genera. Just as AIS is the international
registration authority for the genus Iris with the exception of the bulbous,
so is RHS the international registration authority for the genus Lilium, and
so forth.
Simply because people do not choose to take advantage of the clear benefits
of registering their iris with the international registration authority,
does not mean that the system is not in place for them to do so.
AIS is big on registering irises and down on unregistered irises and it has
little to do with playing by their rules, or raising money, or awards, it has
to do with keeping the nomenclature within the Genus straight, a duty they
have been charged with by the govering authorities of the International
Codes, and with minimizing the chance of confusion, for as we all know from
life, where there is an ambiguity, there are those who will exploit it.
Indeed, it is not unheard of for some to manufacture ambiguities that they
may be exploited.
Anner, in Virginia
ChatOWhitehall@aol.com
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