Information about Elettaria

[Piers Trehane]

In message <TAXACOM%2001032016004006 at USOBI.ORG>, Andrea Ramirez
<andrea_la_bella at HOTMAIL.COM> writes
>We need information only for the gender Elettaria (Zingiberaceae) without
>it´s species, do you know any particular web page were we could find it?
>Thanks
>Andrea

Andrea,

The gender is feminine and there is no doubt about this. Do not be put
off by the fact that when Maton (in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10:250)
published the generic name in 1811, he based the genus on his name E.
cardamomum. Although this appears to be neuter, "cardamomum" is, in fact
a noun in apposition and is not a (declinable) adjective. (Art. 23.5 of
the St. Louis Code). The feminine gender has been used by subsequent
authors.

I do not know of a website featuring gender of all plant genera, but you
can get a good idea of authors' use by consulting the International
Plant Names Index (IPNI) at:

http://www.ipni.org/

We are very lucky to be able to consult this great tool over the
internet.

Piers - an IPNI sycophant!

--
Piers Trehane
Chairman, International Society for Horticultural Science's Commission for
Nomenclature and Registration

Home Page for International Cultivar Registration Authorities (ICRAs):
http://www.ishs.org/sci/icra.htm