[pbs] Botanical Names & Italics

David Ehrlich idavide at sbcglobal.net
Tue Sep 16 13:06:58 EDT 2008


Yesterday morning I noticed that my /Scilla peruviana/ L. is just coming out of dormancy.  A bit early -- global warming? 


> Perhaps the most inconvenient and inappropriate example of a botanical name
> I have come across if that of Lilium pensylvanicum Ker-Gawler


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