These rules pertain only to genera and species name creation. they do not
effect man-made hybrid (cross) names. So unless you are publishing the name
of a new species you are good to go without having to add -ea to the name.
In fact one of the rules in naming a man-made hybrid is that you should
avoid latinizing the name. Botanical latin names are reserved only for
naturally occurring species.

"profpam" wrote in message
nk.net...
Al,

Thanks for the information. Have some new crosses for which I wanted to
use a name that ended in 'A'. " It says e:xcept when the name ends
with -a, when -ea is added (e.g. Collaea after Colla), or with -ea (as
Correa), " Then I decided that if I have to add an 'ea' the name will
sound so awful that I think I will select something else. Yuk! Snobery
or too many rules? Probably the latter.

. . . Pam
Everything Orchid Management System
http://home.earthlink.net/~profpam/page3.html

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Steve wrote:

Steve wrote:


Thank you very much, Al. That's what I wanted to know. Now I must dive
into bed and hope for a better day tomorrow.

Steve


Al wrote:

From
International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
(Saint Louis Code), Electronic version
http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/iapt/no....Luistitle.htm

CHAPTER VII. ORTHOGRAPHY AND GENDER OF NAMES
SECTION 1. ORTHOGRAPHY
Article 60

60B.1. When a new generic name, or subgeneric or sectional epithet, is
taken from
the name of a person, it should be formed as follows:
(a) When the name of the person ends with a vowel, the letter -a is
added
(thus Ottoa after Otto; Sloanea after Sloane), except when the name ends
with -a, when -ea is added (e.g. Collaea after Colla), or with -ea (as
Correa), when no letter is added.
(b) When the name of the person ends with a consonant, the letters -ia
are
added, but when the name ends with -er, either of the terminations -ia
and -a is appropriate (e.g. Sesleria after Sesler and Kernera after
Kerner).
(c) In latinized personal names ending with -us this termination is
dropped
(e.g. Dillenia after Dillenius) before applying the procedure described
under (a) and (b).

So the answer is yes, assuming -y is a vowel. ...unless Betty kept her
own name. Or hyphenated it. There are rules about hyphenation but I
didn't look them up.

"Steve" wrote in message
...

I have a bad cold and feel like ... well never mind. Just be gentle if
I'm
missing something.

What are the rules when a genus is named after a person? Would the
genus
named after William Cattley still be called Cattleya if it had been
named
after Betty Cattley?

Steve