And what is in a name?
Hank & Priscilla Brodkin
hankb at theriver.com
Sun Jul 15 19:09:16 EDT 2001
Ron -
I see your point - especially now that I am trying to dabbble in a
little botany.
The only Checklist I have at my disposal is NABA's. I looked and there
are no attributions (if that is the proper word) or synonyms. We state
in our forthcoming book that we used the names in the NABA list - both
common and scientific. But even if one referred to that list, which has
by the way a section on nomenclature in the back, one still could not
have a properly referenced list without those attributions and
synonyms. Perhaps future editions might contain these.
Perhaps there is still time in our lifetimes to a get a list that is
most useful for both us amamteurs and the more professional of you.
Thanks Ron - you help me see why, when Botanists Richard Felger and
Lepodopterist/Botanist Michael Murphy did a food plant appendix for us,
they insisted on such a complete list for plant names (which seem to
always be in a much greater state of flux than lep names).
--
Hank & Priscilla Brodkin
Carr Canyon, Cochise County, AZ
Send Mailto:hankb at theriver.com
SouthEast Arizona Butterfly Association
http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabasa/home.html
"Butterflies of Arizona - a Photographic Guide"
by Bob Stewart, Priscilla and Hank Brodkin - due September 2001
http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabasa/book.html
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