tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430461288790146786.post8222355218519336150..comments2024-02-05T23:24:54.601-05:00Comments on DC Tropics: What's in a name?DC Tropicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325534376342345900noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430461288790146786.post-31214360423955137492016-09-23T12:41:12.002-04:002016-09-23T12:41:12.002-04:00You seem to have missed the entire point of this b...You seem to have missed the entire point of this blog post. The Plant List represents one particular classification and one particular point of view. It does not have any authority to say one name must be used over the other. "Accepted" should always be followed by (although sometimes only implied) "according to..."DC Tropicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18325534376342345900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430461288790146786.post-6527962319831611372016-03-21T06:09:46.599-04:002016-03-21T06:09:46.599-04:00The accepted name is Huperzia squarrosa (G. Forst....The accepted name is Huperzia squarrosa (G. Forst.) Trevis.<br />Lycopodium squarrosum G. Forst. is a synonym. Try to look there:<br />http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-26601818Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05277719822726741939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430461288790146786.post-43377387773508244462016-01-20T08:52:41.358-05:002016-01-20T08:52:41.358-05:00Sometimes it's the common names that cause the...Sometimes it's the common names that cause the most trouble. My mother asks me for the name whenever I give her a new plant, and if I throw any Latin at her (in botanical names) she always makes a face and asks "but what do normal people call it?"Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13393082652312828458noreply@blogger.com