family name use

[John Nelson]

Fri 21 Jun 0810h

Dear Colleagues:

    Which of the following statements is preferable:

    1) "Most herbaceous Lamiaceae are strongly square-stemmed."

    2) "Most herbaceous members of the Lamiaceae are strongly square-
        stemmed."

    Thanks for your thoughts--

    John Nelson


John B. Nelson
Curator of the Herbarium
Department of Biological Sciences
University of South Carolina
Columbia SC 29208

nelson at biol.sc.edu
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