A follow-up on Les Mehrhoff's answer. There is a link to the International
Code of Botanical Nomenclature in the Maine Natural History Digest
(http://www.vfthomas.com/digest.htm). Look under "Kingdom Metaphyta"/general
information/nomenclature. While you are there, feel free to browse around
and note a number of changes and additions.
See you all(?) at the JBS winter meeting this spring.
Tom
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>From: Rick Speer <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Botanical nomenclature
>Date: Thu,18 Jan, 2001, 10:29 AM
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> If a species is named after a person, would one capitalize the specific
> name, e.g., Prenanthes Boottii?
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