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[OT] ID requested on scarlet lawn weed
Richard,
Speaking of DNA ;-) Have you submitted your DNA to the Wright Family DNA project? http://www.wright-dna.org/ I have and the results are very interesting! Your probable cousin, Philip Wright |
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ID requested on scarlet lawn weed
The great thing, however, is to enjoy the beauty of them all!
Cheers Peter "Richard Wright" wrote in message news 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 [remainder of thread snipped] |
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