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In article 1fw6ng1.i14xsj1od8fpyN%00senetnospamtodayta@macun limited.net
, Jim W writes
The danger of common epithets!-)

Eg bluebells are not always bluebells;-)

Not that the botanical names are reliably stable: half the Lavatera's
are now Malvas (and some Malvas may be Lavateras, and one Lavatera may
be neither); some Althaeas may be Malvas; and there's a big
restructuring of Hibiscus in the offing.

That's a result of the fact that the names actually mean something - if
your knowledge increases so you realise one member of the tree is
actually more closely related elsewhere, you have to change the names to
reflect this.

You could keep flower names nice and stable if they were just names, and
not shorthand for other information.
--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm