personal nomenclature matter pbs vol 89 issue 40

Adam Fikso adam14113@ameritech.net
Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:56:19 PDT
>From Madagascar?

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From: "Dell Sherk" <ds429@comcast.net>
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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 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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