In article ,
Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:

The one that really stands out is Poterium sanguisorba - not merely
is that a reversal of an early taxonomic lunacy, they seem to be
having the gall to claim that the usual English name is now changed
from salad burnet to lesser burnet - assuming that "barnet" was a
typo :-) Well, they can get stuffed.

The English names were added by me, for my readers' benefit. Barnet was
a typo. Little burnet is my usage.

Ah! Sorry for maligning them, then. Did you invent little burnet,
or is it a less commonly used name? It's a pretty obvious one,
so I really can't guess - and, according to the rules of English
usage, if people start following you, then that becomes the name :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.