X Triticale

[Steven R. Hill]

My understanding is that "triticale" is X Triticosecale rimpaui Wittm.
[Triticum aestivum x Secale cereale], the genus having been described by
Wittm. as well.

I believe that each proven plant hybrid deserves a binomial that follows
precisely the botanical rules of nomenclature.  Many have yet to be named.
Orchidologists seem to have tahen the lead on naming intergeneric hybrids,
but few have taken it to the species level, choosing cultivar names instead.

We need a pigeonhole for these in our collections! Every specimen should
have its place, looked at from a utilitarian standpoint.

--Steve Hill



At 05:49 AM 2/19/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear Colleagues
>
>We frequently hear and teach "All supraspecific taxa are artifacts and not
>biological entities. Every organism should have a specific or
>infraspecific name". When lecturing about names of hybrids I submit to my
>strudents my inability to find a binomial under X Triticale (the hybrid
>genus most people seem to know too well from books on genetics) and always
>give them alternate binomials such as X Agropopogn lutosus  as an
>exampleof intergeneric hybrid.
>
>  My question is: do we have a binomial under X Triticale and if not how
>do we justify the situation.
>
>
>
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Steven R. Hill
Associate Research Scientist
Illinois Natural History Survey
Center for Biodiversity
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