FW: Etymology of a daffodil

[Ken Kinman]

     I would guess that it has something to do with the Soana Valley in
Italy.  Perhaps a check of type localities of other plants with the species
name assoana (or assoanus) might reveal the answer?
           -------- Ken
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>From: Adolf Ceska <aceska at TELUS.NET>
>Reply-To: Adolf Ceska <aceska at TELUS.NET>
>To: TAXACOM at USOBI.ORG
>Subject: FW: Etymology of a daffodil
>Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 11:23:13 -0700
>
>I wonder if somebody would have the answer to this question, originally
>posted on Alpine-L list.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Adolf Ceska, Victoria, BC, Canada
>
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>From: Alpine-L, the Electronic Rock Garden Society; postings copyright
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>Hi all,
>
>I've noticed the anguish expressed over the years at having the previous
>names of Narcissus assoanus brushed aside in favor of this sonorously
>less
>appealing epithet, with is appalling asonance.  My question is, what is
>the
>etymology of the species name, "assoanus"?
>
>I didn't find it in Stearn's.  Can anyone give me a hint?  Surely it has
>nothing to do with Sir John Soane, the eighteenth century architect.
>
>Thanks!
>Jim Shields
>in central Indiana
>
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>Jim Shields             USDA Zone 5             Shields Gardens, Ltd.
>P.O. Box 92              WWW:    http://www.shieldsgardens.com/
>Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA                   Tel. +1-317-896-3925

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