Re: Botanical pronunciation

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• To: M*@ucdavis.edu
• Subject: Re: Botanical pronunciation
• From: "* F* D* <s*@nr.infi.net>
• Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 22:05:23 -0500 (EST)

At 03:21 PM 10/25/1998 PST, you wrote:
>Thanks Richard for the advice on 'agastache' - it was much appreciated.
>
>Botanical pronunciation is one of my ongoing nightmares - I am learning 
>but I am sure that I don't always get it 'right'!! 
>
>Does anybody have any basic 'foolproof' rules for guidance?
>
>Susan George
>McCrae, Australia

Susan:

The first thing I  do when  I receive a post likw yours is make a beeline
for William T. Stern's Botanical Latin, now published by Timber Press.  I
can hardly think of a more valuable botanic reference, or at least, a more
frequently used one.  

Discovering the Greek or Latin stem meanings has often helped me to infer
useful info about a plant, or create a mental image I can use to link the
name to theplant I experience.

Rich Dufresne

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