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Constructing epithets (was Use of the word "behen" in names)
when the specific epithet derives from a place name, the place name is
Latinised by adding -ense for a feminine name, or -ensis for a masculine or neuter generic name. Well, sometimes - I've seen e.g. peruana and I think peruviana too. The two endings have entirely different uses. -ense means from. Planta chinense or sinense means plant from China. -ana or -anum or -anus means in honor of. It can be added to the name of a country or a person. There are many different plants named rothschildiana, honoring the Rothschilds, who financed numerous botanical expeditions. Iris, Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40 "If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming train." Robert Lowell (1917-1977) |
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