[pbs] Ferraria/Spelling rules

Jim McKenney jimmckenney at jimmckenney.com
Fri Dec 12 11:52:37 EST 2008


Jane McGary wrote: “Epithets such as this are considered (and often are in
fact, being the native-language names of the plants) nouns rather than 

adjectives."

 

 

 

Thanks for mentioning this, Jane. It is the basis for my objection to
changing the name of Zephyranthes atamasco to Z. atamasca. 

 

 

 

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