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Post by Melanie on Jan 15, 2007 16:26:44 GMT 1
extinct in the wild according to the Red List of Sicily. Extant in cultivated form.
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Post by alex on Jan 15, 2007 16:53:59 GMT 1
Hi !
Does that mean the wild form is extinct but some kind of cultivar still exsits ?
That would be the same situation as with Bos primigenius, right ?
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Post by Melanie on Jan 15, 2007 17:01:48 GMT 1
Due to the lack of information about this plant i could only assume that it is extinct in its natural habitat but it is either still exist in nurseries or in a cultivated (hybrid) form.
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Post by alex on Jan 15, 2007 17:53:33 GMT 1
Hi !
It seems to extist in cultivation as a species, not as a cultivar.
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Post by Melanie on Jan 15, 2007 18:29:33 GMT 1
Well, i am currently think to move this plant to extinct because of the following statement "Sadly, 6 Italian endemics must now be considered extinct (whereas no such extinction had yet been documented in 1992): Allium permixtum, Anthemis abrotanifolia, Carduus rugulosus, Kleinia mandraliscae, Limonium catanense, and Salvia ceratophylloides. The five first had all been described from Sicily and the last, from Calabria; one is left wondering what the causes and consequences of such a blatant geographical imbalance might well be. W.G." www.bgbm.org/OPTIMA/publications/Newsletter/32/default.htmlThat would be mean that the plants in nurseries are either hybrids or the seed producers have labeled a similar species with a wrong name.
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Post by alex on Jan 15, 2007 18:33:55 GMT 1
or the seed producers have labeled a similar species with a wrong name. This seems to be a common 'custom' among plant dealers.
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