Less Latin!

[Valery A. Korneyev]

Dear Joseph,

The second secret of taxonomist's success is the good skills in Latin
grammar and Codes.

I guess that  the only reason is the different root grammar base of both words
(see for genitivus in any dictionary) :

            iris,  gen. irid-is
            vitis, gen. vit-is.

That's it! Take'n'go! (Shoot, what the barbaric language is that Latin...)

Valery

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On   Fri, 13 Sep 1996 19:42:38 -0700
JOSEPH E. LAFERRIERE <josephl at AZTEC.ASU.EDU> wrote:

While we are on the subject of Latin, why is the grape family
called "Vitaceae" instead of "Vitidaceae?" My meager knowledge
of the language would suggest the latter, just as the iris
family is "Iridaceae," not "Iraceae."

+"There are two secrets to success. The first is not telling
+everything you know."
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Valery A. Korneyev, Executive Editor, Journal of Ukrainian Entomological Society
Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, UA252030 Kiev UKRAINE korval at entom.freenet.kiev.ua
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