Re: Kurrajong
Jerry Heverly wrote:
>
> >This Kurrajong business is becoming really involved! I don't know
> >the Asteratrichion discolor, but it does seem strange if it is known as >
> >Currajong (considering that it sounds like a native name and the languages in
> >Tasmania and around Sydney would have been entirely distinct). Any comment on
> >that, Gay or someone who knows Tassie flora?
> >
> >The Kurrajong which grows over a wide area from Victoria up to Queensland
> >(including a short distance from
> >our family's N.S.W. farm) is Brachychiton populneum.
>
> I have *another* query about the bottle tree. When I was wandering
> around the net researching Kurrajong/Currajong I noticed that about half
> the sites list the species as B.populneum; the other half list it as
> B.populneus. I even looked in my two garden encyclopedia's, Taylor's and
> Wyman's. Taylor's calls it B.populneum, Wyman says B.populneus! I'm
> almost sure that I learned it as B.populneus in plant ID class(approx.
> circa 1980). If only I'd studied latin in high school instead of german.
> I know there's a rule that would clear this up. Nick Turland, perhaps,
> could enlighten?
> Jerry Heverly, Oakland, CA
I found the same thing, Jerry, and I doubt whether a good knowledge of
Latin would help because some names seem to be far from consistent, let
alone grammatical.
Beverly
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