Pink & white dahlia flower

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Like a painting! This one is promoted. You're submitting a lot of beautiful flower photos, Sunil, great job. I wish more would have names though, but I know how hard it is. Posted 10 years ago
1. Sunil R Agadi
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks Fredy, I'm trying to find the names, really its too difficult. Posted 10 years ago
2. 1. WildFlower
    
    Lion
    
    There are countless cultivars and many of them are similar. The whole classification is a work in progress...
    Some references here
    http://arnoldia.arboretum.harvard.edu/pdf/articles/1705.pdf
    http://www.stanford.edu/group/dahlia_genetics/dahlia_terminology.htm
    http://www.stanford.edu/group/dahlia_genetics/dahlia_history.htm
    http://www.aztecdahlias.com/azdahlhistory.htm
    
    I am not sure which is the latest accepted name for the garden dahlia: Dahlia pinnata Cav. or Dahlia ×hortensis Guillaumin
    http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?13149
    http://www.dahlia-nds.co.uk/about_dahlias/Specie_Dahlia.htm
    http://en.hortipedia.com/wiki/Dahlia_x_hortensis
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Dahlia_%C3%97_hortensis Posted 10 years ago

The Dahlia x hortensis

Dahlia x hortensis is a species described by André Guillaumin and belongs to the family of the Asteraceae (Aster Family).

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Similar species: Asterales

Species identified by Ferdy Christant

By Sunil R Agadi

Uploaded Dec 4, 2013. Captured Jan 23, 2011 15:56 in IBM India Pvt Ltd D3 Block, Vittal Mallya Rd, KG Halli, D' Souza Layout, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560001, India.

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