tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post300976452237638814..comments2024-03-17T03:31:37.213-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: Errata, Taxonomymr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-2786912169039306702011-08-29T03:20:04.725-07:002011-08-29T03:20:04.725-07:00I well understand the scientific importance and im...I well understand the scientific importance and implications of the changes in taxonomy, and I appreciate your desire to keep the information here up to date. <br /><br />Taxonomic names are scientific statements about the genetic/evolutionary relationships among taxa (species, genera, and other taxonomic categories). Developments in DNA sequencing technology have made it much easier these days Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-29473286352309543062011-08-27T21:36:17.255-07:002011-08-27T21:36:17.255-07:00What the what??? I have known "Albuca bracte...What the what??? I have known "Albuca bracteata" as ornithogalum caudatum for years, but I usually call it pregnant onion.The River Otterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14134730885556815560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-17371703683269012852011-08-27T21:11:36.799-07:002011-08-27T21:11:36.799-07:00But Dorian Black is more literary/poetic! I much ...But Dorian Black is more literary/poetic! I much prefer it Dorian, and will continue to call it that despite my mother's correcting it to Doran repeatedly...Emilynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-58811883781854788292011-08-27T18:28:35.605-07:002011-08-27T18:28:35.605-07:00Pat:
I've picked up the Solenostemon/Plectran...Pat:<br /><br />I've picked up the <i>Solenostemon</i>/<i>Plectranthus</i> change somewhere, if not from you, and I do ignore it, with a great deal of cheer and enthusiasm. The way I see it, the best I am willing to give to the botanical world is the memorization of one new name per plant per decade. I switched over from <i>Coleus blumei</i> to <i>Solenostemon scutellarioides</i> at some mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-38842146840051544732011-08-27T17:56:48.895-07:002011-08-27T17:56:48.895-07:00I couldn't go to bed without finding out so no...I couldn't go to bed without finding out so now I know that PlantZAfrica say that: "The genus name Albuca is from albus meaning white, or albicans, becoming white, thus referring to the flowers." <a href="http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantab/albucabat.htm" rel="nofollow">Albuca batteniana</a> However, according to Lewis and Short's <i>A Latin Dictionary</i>, online at http://Patnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-22294261659333107832011-08-27T17:03:25.268-07:002011-08-27T17:03:25.268-07:00Ob com would be more accurate for describing me. G...Ob com would be more accurate for describing me. Good stuff!<br /><br />Ornithogalum means "bird's milk". This was an Ancient Greek expression closest to our "hen's teeth", meaning a non-existent or fantastical thing. I have no idea what Albuca means though I have seen some.<br /><br />Curiously, bird's milk does, sort of, exist. Pigeons feed their young on a Patnoreply@blogger.com