Re: Ferula & nomenclature
- To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: Ferula & nomenclature
- From: N* T*
- Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 09:54:01 CST6CDT
- Priority: normal
- References: <199908061723.NAA29520@fh106.infi.net>
Yes, I would go along with "assa-foetida," which is the spelling in
Linnaeus's "Species Plantarum" of 1753 where the species was originally
decsribed.
Nick Turland
> >The correct spelling for F. asafoetida still eludes me. I found four
> >different forms in the Web pages I searched, with and without hypens,
> >and with 1 or 2 `s'es:
> >
> >F. asafoetida*
> >F. assafoetida
> >F. asa-foetida
> >F. assa-foetida*
> >
> >*most popular forms
