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"
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

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