[pbs] Scientific Names

Blee811 at aol.com Blee811 at aol.com
Wed Jul 5 22:49:07 EDT 2006


 
In a message dated 7/5/2006 5:21:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
wpoulsen at pacbell.net writes:

Is it  the case that the scientific names for plants and the ones for 
animals  need not pay attention to each other? 


Yes, that is indeed the case. I remember a humorous talk a year or so ago  in 
which the speaker did a great job explaining the nomenclature. Then he  
illustrated some of the names with drawings and photos and it was amazing to see  a 
monkey and a plant with the same genus name. I think there were primate and  
avian overlaps too.
 
Bill Lee


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