Re: I. uniflora
- Subject: Re: I. uniflora
- From: i*@easynet.co.uk (Ian Black)
- Date: Mon, 12 Feb 96 15:41:24 MST
To Bob Pries and Kathryn Mohr;
Bob Pries wrote
<snip>
>The other problem
>is does Iris uniflora even exist. Mathew seems to believe it is
>simply a form of Iris ruthenica. I wonder if Brian really had access
>to the plant that Zhao calls uniflora. Zhao says uniflora has six
>prominant ribs on the capsule while Mathew says all the Ruthenicae
>can be distinguished by the lack of ribs on the capsule. Clearly
>they must be looking at different plants
<snip>
This is getting intriguing!
I don't know if it's relevant, but I notice that in RBG Edinburgh's
catalogue of plants, the authority for I. uniflora is given as Pall. ex
Link, and not as Zhao. Is it possible that two people have described
(different) plants as I. uniflora? This is a fairly common problem, but if
so, the rules of precedence should have sorted it out by now. Would it be
possible for you (Bob) to describe the plant referred to by Zhao? Or is the
reference to Zhao not the formal description? If the latter is the case,
then which plant was Zhao describing? Sorry, these questions are a bit
heavy-duty, but maybe a faint light is beginning to dawn.
Ian
