Re: Help with Thalictrum
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Help with Thalictrum
- From: J* G* a* O* P*
- Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 20:48:09 +0100
The message <p04330105b5ff9e31a39f@[169.207.139.120]>
from Don Martinson <llmen@execpc.com> contains these words:
> >The trade seems to be confused about plants in regards to
> >T.delavayi
> >and
> >T. dipterocarpum
> According to Hortus III, the differences are as follows:
> T. delavayi - "achenes flattened, long-stalked, 3/8 inches long"
> T. dipterocarpum - "Achenes sessile, flattened, 2-winged" (no size mentioned)
> It also notes that T. delavayi is "Commonly cultivated under the name
> of T. dipterocarpum, but that sp has slightly smaller flrs and
> broader, shorter anthers."
> Hope this helps.
> --
> Don Martinson
> Milwaukee, Wisconsin
> l*@execpc.com
Interestingly, The Plant Finder, normally taken to be the
nomenclature bible in UK has T. dipterocarpum as a synonym of T. delavayi.
Janet Galpin, near Spalding, Lincolnshire, UK, Min temp: -8
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