Re: SPEC: Signa seed list--iris/irid cross
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] SPEC: Signa seed list--iris/irid cross
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- Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 09:42:45 -0700
From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" <jcwalters@bridgernet.com>
> From: HIPSource@aol.com
>
> In a message dated 1/2/00 8:31:49 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> jcwalters@bridgernet.com writes:
>
> << Any cross involving an iris species as one of the parents and another
> plant not of that species is a species cross.">>
>
> Does anyone attibute any significance to the fact that the word 'iris' is
not
> capitalized in the quoted statement? It arguably should be if it refers
to
> the Genus Iris. Sectio names are also typically capitalized, but
typically
> used in combination with the generic, i.e. "Iris section Iris" for the
> bearded members of the Genus. Names of the Familia are more typically
> offerred as plural adjectives used as nouns, i.e. Iridaceae.
>
> While some looseness of the definition seems to inhere in the phrase "not
of
> that species", there would appear to me to be some looseness on the front
end
> as well.
Anner,
Although my transcription of the text from the Judges' Handbook is
accurate, i.e., the word "iris" is not capitalized, my interpretation of
the intent of the language is that at least one parent of a species cross
must be a member of the Genus Iris in the botanical sense while the other
parent need not be. I think this interpretation of the word "iris" is
consistent with its use throughout the Judges' Handbook. Indeed, one of the
justifications offered for making bulbous irises ineligible for AIS awards
or designation as Best Specimen in Show (other than that AIS does not
register them) is that in some botanical classification systems they are
placed outside the Genus Iris.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2)
jcwalters@bridgernet.com
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