L. = Linnaeus?

[Jacques Melot]

>Albertine C. Ellis at March 16 wrote:
>>   Dear Collaegues,
>>   I have a somewhat curious problem.
>>   In botany the names of authors usually are abbreviated. To satisfy an
>>   editor I have to render the authors of a number of plant species in full.
>>   No big problem, except - to my surprise - for L. (usually pronounced as
>>   Linnaeus), which I was regrettably silly enough to look up too.
>>           Both Harvard and Missouri Botanical Garden databases give for L.
>>   "Linnaeus, Carl von";
>
>BOTH ARE WRONG. CORRECT: Linnaeus, Carolus OR Linne', Carl von
>
>as far as I know his name was Carl (Latinized as
>>   Carolus on title pages) Linnaeus. In addition, Harvard mentions as
>>   alternative name "Carl von Linne", the accent on the e understandably
>>   having been devoured by the ASCII code.
>>           Zander (*1) gives "Carl von Linn=E9", Flora Europaea (*2): "C. von
>>   Linn=E9 (C. Linnaeus)", the name he bore after he received a knighthood
>>   (1761).
>>           I hope I am not expected to check for every species wether it has
>>   been published before or after 1761.
>
>WHY NOT? A TAXONOMIST SHOULD KNOW SUCH DETAILS. IT'S A SENSITIVE TEST FOR
>HIS (HER) PROFFESSIONAL COMPETENCE. A TAXONOMIST SHOULD KNOW PRIMARY SOURCES.
>
>>           Did I miss something? A rule, a recommendation, an agreement,
>>the po=
>>   int?
>
>IF YOU ARE A FLORIST, YOU MISS NOTHING.
>
>>   Information on this topic will be highly appreciated by
>>   Albertine Ellis
>>
>Best regards.
>Yuri.
>
>Dr. Yuri P. Nekrutenko
>Institute of Zoology
>UA-252601 Kiev 30, MSP
>U K R A I N E
>e-mail: ypnekrut at mbat.freenet.kiev.ua

Cher Yuri,

Non. Le nom suedois de Linne fut d'abord:

Carl Linnaeus

ce qui, traduit en latin, donne Carolus Linnaeus.

Ensuite, a partir de 1761:

Carl von Linne

Les noms de Linne sont donc:

1. Carl Nilsson (inutilise),
2. Carl Linnaeus,
3. Carl von Linne.

Il n'y a pas d'autre choix possible. Cf. W. T. Stearn, Botanical Latin, 4th
ed., p. 283-284.

s privetom,

Jacques Melot, Reykjavik
melot at ismennt.is