personal nomenclature matter pbs vol 89 issue 40

Dell Sherk ds429@comcast.net
Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:14:25 PDT
Jim,

There is that crinum species with the interminable, unpronounceable name:
Crinum razafindratsiraea Lehmiller

Dell


Jim Shields wrote:


My favorite nomenclatural conundrums involve botanists with Russian or 
other names transliterated from the Cyrillic alphabet by German 
botanists.  Fortunately, I cannot think of any concrete examples at the
moment.

Jim Shields





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