In 1856 John Lindley made the first description of the firecracker flower, Rhytidea bicolor (now known as Dichelostemma ida-maia), naming a William Lobb collection exhibited in London. This binomial, despite its obvious priority, was proposed to be relegated to synonymy in Taxon, and is discussed here further.
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Vol. 62 • No. 3
July 2015
Vol. 62 • No. 3
July 2015
Dichelostemma
Gardeners' Chronicle
Lindley
Lobb
principle of priority
Rhytidea
Veitch