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Re: why scientists don't just give up the names battle
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From: StellrJ at aol.com on 2001.07.11 at 04:18:38(7012)
In a message dated Mon, 9 Jul 2001 11:38:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Neil Carroll writes:
<< I collect plants for many different reasons. ...THe genes are only looking for a vessel and the people only
want something beautiful and/or interesting in their lives.>>
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Am I the only one who takes an interest in certain plants BECAUSE of their names? In the colud forest of Costa Rica grows a species of Peperomia whose binomial is P. hernandiifolia. As you who remember my name may have guessed, it was the plant's name I found intriguing (as well as the peltate leaves). And in seeking to learn the meaning of such a name, I was led to the unrelated genus Hernandia, in the family Hernandiaceae. Again, it is the name I found intriguing; the name served as the gateway to learn more.
Jason Hernandez
Naturalist-at-Large
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