Re: T.violaefolium
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- Subject: Re: T.violaefolium
- From: W* H*
- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 17:07:25 -0500 (CDT)
Blast!!! Just as I was trying to get used to "violaefolium". Strange though,
that Dan Nicolson said it should be violaefolium when based on
"viola"......... I asked him once.
Wilbert
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Boyce <Boyce@pothos.demon.co.uk>
To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L <aroid-l@mobot.org>
Sent: maandag 17 juli 2000 4:54
Subject: Re: T.violaefolium
> Wilbert, Don, and others
>
> The spelling of epithets containing the conjunction 'ae' (as in
> cannaefolium, violaefolium, etc) is treated as a correctable orthographic
> error in the I.B.C.N. and is transliterated into 'i' (the pronounciation
of
> 'ae' being a long 'i'), hence the correct spelling is violifolium,
> cannifolium.
>
> Hope this helps some
>
> Pete
>
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