• The status of all names is indicated by the following type styles: 



- Legitimate cultivar names are shown in boldface capitals, e.g., 

 ALLEN SEAY. 



- Illegitimate cultivar names are shown in regular face capitals, e.g., 

 ALBO-MARGINATA. 



- Valid botanical names are shown in boldface italics, e.g., var. 

 paludosa. 



- Invalid botanical names are shown in regular face italics, e.g., var. 

 aureo-variegata. 



• When synonyms are listed, they are preceded by an equal sign (=) 

 and then by the legitimate name if there is one. Synonyms that are 

 illegitimate are listed in alphabetical order. Dubious, suspect, and 

 unconfirmed synonyms are preceded by a question mark. Some 

 synonyms occur as previously unpublished names and do not have 

 entries of their own in the Alphabetical List of Documented 

 Epithets. These are listed in Appendix C. 



• Duplicate cultivar names (later homonyms) that have been proposed 

 for different clones (selections) are listed as separate entries. 

 Typically, the earliest published use of a name has priority, e.g., 

 FASTIGIATA of S.-y. Hu (1970) has priority over FASTIGIATA 

 of Sugimoto (1972). Occasionally, a question mark (?) precedes a 

 name in the list of synonyms that follow the equal sign (=) at the end 

 of an entry. The question mark (?) indicates that the name 

 immediately following is a synonym for which there is not enough 

 evidence to positively and irrevocably equate with the listed name. 

 However, for the most part, the authors have deduced that the name 

 following a question mark is a likely synonym. 



• Separate entries are made for names that have been published at 

 more than one botanical and cultivar rank. Such an entry system is of 

 particular importance if any of these botanical ranks have been used 

 for plants in cultivation. 



• Cultivar names noted as new are published with a description and 

 accordingly are made legitimate in this work for the first time. These 

 names are summarized in Appendix A. 



• Names previously published but made legitimate here for the first 

 time by adding a description or reformulating the name are noted in 

 the text and summarized in Appendix B. 



• Appendix C is a list of dubious and illegitimate names previously 

 unpublished but known to exist. The purpose of publishing these 



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