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Date: | Thu, 18 Jan 2001 12:00:46 -0500 |
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Hi Rick,
It is an official recommendation (60F) of the International Code of
Botanical Nomenclature that all specific and infraspecific epithets begin
with a small (lower case) initial letter but if people want to name
something using a persons name or vernacular (non-latin) name they can do so.
If you wnat the exact wording, let me know.
Les Mehrhoff
At 10:29 AM 1/18/01 -0500, you wrote:
>If a species is named after a person, would one capitalize the specific
>name, e.g., Prenanthes Boottii?
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"A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and
beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise"
Aldo Leopold in "The Land Ethic"
Leslie J. Mehrhoff, Ph.D.
Curator, G. Safford Torrey Herbarium
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Connecticut
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