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Article #7Re: ID requested on scarlet lawn weed
From: Peter
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:33
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:33
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The great thing, however, is to enjoy the beauty of them all! Cheers Peter "Richard Wright" <richwrigREMOVE@tig.com.au> wrote in message news:poq3h41mi2f4uojb7l39ajfjfubpaq843j@4ax.com... > Not being a botanist or taxonomist I never know how pressing > some of > these namings are. > > My chief amateur's hate is the introduction of the rule that a > family > must have a genus with the name that produces the name of the > family - > Hence long entrenched family names Umbilliferae and > Brassicaceae were > thrown out of the window. I suppose somebody made a botanical > reputation out of engineering these changes. Confusion was > created in > the name of tidiness. > > I grew up in southern England, where one could learn to > identify just > about every flowering plant. Not so here in Oz, I have found. > > Richard > > > On Wed, 5 Nov 2008 11:32:07 -0000, "Peter" > <kealties@peterbhurst.f2s.com> wrote: > >>Hi Richard >> >>I am sure that you are right as you have the plant there in >>front >>of you. Even though scientific names are meant to be standard, >>they are often changed, much to the confusion of this aging, >>amateur botanist. >> >>What a great website you quote. I have done several trips to >>Australia, having family in Sydney and friends in Melbourne and >>Perth. One of my principle pleasures there is your amazing >>flora. I would have been immensely helped by a resource such >>as >>this. I will bookmark it for future visits. >> >>Best wishes >> >>Peter > > [remainder of thread snipped] >
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