Yes. Dr. Lehmiller's guide in Madagascar was named Mr. Razafindratsiraea when this species was discovered, so this epithet is a noun in nominative case. You have to ask Dave Lehmiller how to pronounce it! You couldn't force me at gun-point to go some of the places Dave Lehmiller has happily gone hunting plants. (Well, maybe to Namibia....) Jim Shields At 01:56 PM 6/29/2010 -0500, you wrote: > From Madagascar? > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Dell Sherk" <ds429@comcast.net> >To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 12:14 PM >Subject: Re: [pbs] re personal nomenclature matter pbs vol 89 issue 40 > > >>Jim, >>There is that crinum species with the interminable, unpronounceable name: >>Crinum razafindratsiraea Lehmiller >>Dell > >************************************************* >Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. >P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ >Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA >Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA