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Re: Alocasia fallax

From: plantnut at shadow.net (Dewey Fisk) on 1998.01.19 at 21:21:04(1855)
>You'll be delighted to know that the intergalactic committee to keep
>everyone confused on names has changed the name of the navicular bone in
>the wrist to the scaphoid bone. I think it's the same committee that gets
>together to change the names of bacteria and plant genera.
I have often told Dr. Croat that I think all of the Taxonomists get
together at Cocktail Parties and determine how they are going to screw up
the names....
Oh well.....
Dewey
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