Moraea spelling

Randall P. Linke randysgarden@gmail.com
Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:55:45 PST
My understanding is that if it was 'Before Linnaeus" it doesn't count in
nomenclature rules.
Randy

On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Peter Taggart <petersirises@gmail.com>wrote:

> was the first version of the name too early to take priority or are all the
> books in error?
> Peter (UK)
>
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Crawford Neil <Neil.Crawford@volvo.com
> >wrote:
>
> > The origin of the Moraea name is rather amusing:
> >
> > The genus Moraea was first described as Morea in honour of the English
> > botanist Robert More (1703-1780), but Linnaeus later changed the name to
> > Moraea after the surname of his wife, Elisabeth Moraea and father-in-law,
> > Johan Moraeus (Goldblatt & Manning 2008).
> >
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