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"P van Rijckevorsel" wrote:

Iris Cohen schreef
For those of you who are not professional botanists, you may be interested
to know that Tylecodon is an anagram of Cotyledon, which is the genus it was
split off from. Botanists somtimes use this little trick when describing a
new genus.

Happens often (Tecoma and Cotema, Albizia and Balizia, etc).
It is a device to help remember and place a new genus.
Another form is to add a prefix (Neo-, Para-, Pseudo-, Notho- etc, etc) or a
ending (like -opsis). The fun starts when such genera prove to be not
closely related (Tsuga and Pseudotsuga) or even belong to different
families (Cedrela and Cedrelopsis)!

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Just adding to the list for posterity. ;-)

Tephrosia -- Ophrestia


Cheers, Phred.

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LID