[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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