Venus

[JOSEPH E. LAFERRIERE]

On further reflection concerning my suggestion yesterday
that species should be named after goddesses personifying
Mother Nature, a problem comes to mind. Suppose you
wanted to name a species after Venus? I mean the goddess,
not the planet. Naming a new species of Eragrostis
(love grass) after her might be nice. But what would
the epithet be? I cannot figure this out using Stearn's
Botanical Latin. The suffix -us is ususally masculine, but
not in this case. Maybe you have to make it "aphrodites"
instead.
   Just a thought.

--
Dr. Joseph E. Laferriere
"Computito ergo sum ...  I link therefore I am."