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BJarcia wrote:

>Interesting how the common name for the California Fan Palm ( Washingtonia
>filifera) is called a petticoat palm  in England.Its true , the skirt of dead
>leaves looks like a petticaot. Sunset even calls this layer of dead leaves a
>petticoat. Its also the most common palm tree lining Ocean Ave. in Santa
>Monica. 

This is the problem with common names don't you think?  Whilst they
are easy to pronounce and often appear to make sense initially, they
cause immense confusion when used as a sole means of identifying a
plant.  Common names are exceptionally variable and tend to be
'localised' to an area or at least a country.   If I'd have said
'Petticoat Palm' without any further mention of it's real identity,
very few people would have known what I was talking about.  

David Poole
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