Re: AIS: Check List definitions
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] AIS: Check List definitions
- From: a*@cs.com
- Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 11:16:25 EDT
In a message dated 10/25/2002 6:25:51 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
laurief@paulbunyan.net writes:
> I should have asked these questions a long time ago. Would someone
> please explain to me the meanings of the terms "obsolete" and
> "superseded" as applied in listings in the 1939 Check List? Also, if
> both large and small capital letters designate an "approved and
> registered" name, what is the difference between them? Why are some
> names presented in large capitals and others in small capitals?
>
From page 3: "Another innovation in the book is the placing of an asterisk
before a name. This means that the variety is obsolete, no longer listed in
catalogs, and when a darkened circle appears before a name, it is almost
obsolete."
From page 4: "Where varieties conflicted and the old approved ones became
obsolete, the other has been raised to the approved list."
SYLPHIDE is one relatively simple example:
1. The cultivar introduced by Lemon in 1848 is listed in small capitals,
preceded by * (obsolete) and followed by $ (superseded).
2. The cultivar introduced by Van Tubergen in 1928 is listed in large
capitals.
This recognizes the legitimacy of the earlier name, acknowledges that the
older cultivar is no longer in commerce, and clarifies that the newer
cultivar bearing that name also has a legitimate claim to it.
Sharon McAllister
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