"Kay Easton" wrote in message
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Or do you refer to Crocus as one species and snowdrop as another
species, and heather as a third species, as did Rachel de T?

Yeah, I do that. Although usually I just say "That's one type, and that's
another".


Do people just not care that the botanical names are an attempt to
encapsulate the evolutionary history of each plant? Do they just regard
them as names given on a whim, rather like a 'name the teddy bear'
competition at a local fete?

I care about how the names apply to the evolution, I just don't call them
different "Genus", they're different types.

Charlie.