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| ***Psuedotrillium rivale | This is a very technical article detailing the authors research and reasons for the renaming of Trillium rivale. http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Article/ |
| Psuedotrillium rivale is the new name being given to Trillium rivale. The research done to arrive at the decision for a new name was done by Susan Farmer. The link to the right is to the research paper done by Susan. Following is a description of the work and reasons for the new name. | |
| On a molecular level, Trillium
rivale was so distinct from both Paris s.l. and Trillium, that everything
either had to become all one genus -- or we had to do some splitting. I
tend to be a splitter -- I like nice discrete boxes, not a single box with
a lot of "exceptions". Morphologically, you've got the spotted petals which are unique in the family, the pollen is trillium-like, but the cotyledon is paris-like. There's those heart-shaped philodendron-like leaves. The folks on the TRILLIUM-L list claim that it's never in the 3-leaved state without a flower unless it's been damaged by herbivory. Then there's that elongating pedicel; nivale does that too, but I don't think it elongates to the point of pressing the fruit into the soil. Susan Farmer 2/7/03 |
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