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Mystery thorn tree
Gene Royer schreef
What a silly thing to say in a public forum. Do you ever stop to think before you hit the send key? You're as silly as an Anseranas semipalmata. + + + Actually it does not require thinking to repeat an established truth. Vernacular names are only useful in a limited social context. If social context is not specified it is a guessing game what the vernacular name applies to. IIRC it is not that hard to find vernacular names that refer to as many as a hundred species. Vernacular names often are worse than useless because people assume that they adequately name a plant when they give a vernacular name. Old stuff, especially in a public forum. PvR |
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