Vernacular names [Was: Mystery thorn tree]
Phred schreef
Here in Oz, especially in the world of tropical pasture grasses and
legumes, the cynics would point out that you *have* to use the common
names because the bloody taxonomists keep changing the latin
binomials. So the only constant name is the common one. ;-)
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That is true enough I guess. On the other hand the common names in Oz are
often the same ones as are used in other parts of the world for completely
different plants.
PvR
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