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Conforming Names - The International Code of
Botanical Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICBNCP)
issues guidelines for the proper naming of plants that
result from intentional human activities such as
hybridizing or selection of sports in the case of hostas.
ICBNCP sets standards for such things as name lengths,
words that are not acceptable and which words in the
name are not capitalized.
The common format for a
cultivar name has a single parenthesis at the beginning
and end with words in the name generally capitalized
such as 'Abiqua Drinking Gourd'. Certain words in a name
are not capitalized such as 'Sum and Substance' or
'Night before Christmas'. When plants are registered
with
The American Hosta Society, the
Registrar consults
the ICBNCP guidelines before accepting a name.
Non-registered plants are named anything the originator
desires but they may need to be changed prior to
registration.
Non-Conforming Names - The hostas listed below
are generally "breeder" plants that were used in the
background of hybridized plants but were never given a
formal cultivar name and were not introduced into the
nursery trade. We have placed the word "Seedling" in
these names. Many others were given "temporary" names
which were later changed to acceptable cultivar names
by various Hostaphiles. These plants have quotation
marks " at the beginning and end of the name.
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