Mistakes and incorrect identification
Jan 27, 2008 21:42:49 GMT -10
Post by unclemasa on Jan 27, 2008 21:42:49 GMT -10
The various Categories and Boards on this site are new and have been brought together in short order. Mistakes will be found and you are more than welcome to point them out when you encounter them.
Simply make a post here and reference the photo or data record(s) in question and I will attempt to make corrections quickly.
Changing a plant ID:
The identification of a species in the wild can sometimes be simple. At other times, when multiple species populations share a common habitat and there are natural hybrid populations in the area, the clear identification of "pure" species can become problematic. In the nursery, with plants acquired from multiple sources and in limited numbers, identification becomes even more troublesome. It is important to remember that the plant we have in our nursery is not "the species" but only a, hopefully, representative member of a species. Species are defined by taxonomists who, after careful study of large population samples in habitat, delineate the consistent characteristics that distinguish one population
of a genus from another.
Even the most seasoned of taxonomist can spend long hours with the identification of natural hybrids in the field. The identification of hybrids in the nursery is an art rather than a science and once an ID has been lost that plant my forever after reside in the realm of the NOIDs.
It is our policy at Leilani Hapu'u Nepenthes Nursery to, in most cases, retain the information that came with any particular specimen. In the most obvious of cases we will change an ID. However, unless there is clear and indisputable evidence we will leave even a dubious ID intact. If reasonable, but not necessarily convincing, argument can be made for a re-identification of a particular specimen we will attach a note, containing those arguments, to that plant description or existing ID.
Simply make a post here and reference the photo or data record(s) in question and I will attempt to make corrections quickly.
Changing a plant ID:
The identification of a species in the wild can sometimes be simple. At other times, when multiple species populations share a common habitat and there are natural hybrid populations in the area, the clear identification of "pure" species can become problematic. In the nursery, with plants acquired from multiple sources and in limited numbers, identification becomes even more troublesome. It is important to remember that the plant we have in our nursery is not "the species" but only a, hopefully, representative member of a species. Species are defined by taxonomists who, after careful study of large population samples in habitat, delineate the consistent characteristics that distinguish one population
of a genus from another.
Even the most seasoned of taxonomist can spend long hours with the identification of natural hybrids in the field. The identification of hybrids in the nursery is an art rather than a science and once an ID has been lost that plant my forever after reside in the realm of the NOIDs.
It is our policy at Leilani Hapu'u Nepenthes Nursery to, in most cases, retain the information that came with any particular specimen. In the most obvious of cases we will change an ID. However, unless there is clear and indisputable evidence we will leave even a dubious ID intact. If reasonable, but not necessarily convincing, argument can be made for a re-identification of a particular specimen we will attach a note, containing those arguments, to that plant description or existing ID.