HORTAX NEWS

An occasional newsletter from
The Horticultural Taxonomy Group (HORTAX)
 

Volume 1, Part 2 - 19 February 1996

HORTAX NEWS is published by Piers Trehane
on behalf of The Horticultural Taxonomy Group (HORTAX)
 

Contents:

• Editorial Notes
• HORTAX Members' Notes and News
• Cultivar-groups - A sensible approach - Allen Coombes
• Cultivar-groups - A systematic approach - Wilbert Hettersheid
• Cultivar-groups - A concept in need of clarification - Piers Trehane
• Nomenclature of Annuals and Bedding Plants - discussion paper - Graham Rice
• Authorship of cultivar epithets and IRAs - Piers Trehane
• New Checklists and Registers
• Changes to the Appendices of the Code

© 1996 The Horticultural Taxonomy Group

All correspondence should be addressed to the Editor,
Piers Trehane
e-mail: piers@indhort.demon.co.uk

The members of HORTAX would like to thank the Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust for its continuing support in sponsoring this newsletter.

The Editor invites any contribution from the readership on any matter concerning the nomenclature of cultivated plants, especially with reference to the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants - 1995.

The next edition of HORTAX NEWS is planned for September 1996: any copy must be received by July 31st, 1996.