Urgent information about tej Cactaceae family

[Dr. Gurcharan Singh]

Please note that corresponding binomials I have cited are synonyms and that automatically proves the gender difference of  the two genera.

Gary Rosenberg wrote:

> Perhaps the rules in botany are different, but in zoology words like "grandilobum", "macrocarpum" or "lepidocarpum" are nouns, since "lobus" and "carpus" are nouns, so the endings would not change.
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> Gary
>
> >>> "Dr. Gurcharan Singh" <singhg at SATYAM.NET.IN> 03/05/01 06:56AM >>>
> Synonymy has nothing to do with the gender. Otherwise there was no need for
> separate specific epithets for the following binomials (note the ending of
> epithets) under the two generic names
>
> Epiphyllum caudatum                    Phyllocactus caudatus
> Epiphyllum crenatum                     Phyllocactus crenatum
> Epiphyllum grandilobum                Phyllocactus grandilobus
> Epiphyllum hybridum                     Phyllocactus hybridus
> Epiphyllum lepidocarpum              Phyllocactus lepidocarpus
> Epiphyllum macrocarpum             Phyllocactus macrocarpus
> Epiphyllum pumilum                      Phyllocactus pumilus
> Epiphyllum strictum                      Phyllocactus strictus
>
> Evidently Epiphyllum is neuter and Phyllocactus masculine
>
> Maribel Castillo wrote:
>
> > Phyllocactus and Epiphyllum are the same gender, Epiphyllum is the
> > valid name  and Phyllocactus is synonym name.
> >
> > On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Andrea Ramírez wrote:
> >
> > > We need to know if Phyllocactus and Epiphylum are the same gender or if they
> > > are different
> > > Thanks.
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