epithet for coastal plain

[Jan Bosselaers]

Janice Haldeman wrote:

> Coast from Latin costa = rib, side and plain from Latin planus = flat or
>
> level...how about costaplanus? Sort of rolls off your tongue!
> Jan Haldeman
>
> Will Fischer wrote:
>
> > "litoralis" means "of the shore", but this may be too limited (i.e.
> not far
> > enough from the water's edge
> > - see "littoral").
> >
> > On Wednesday, May 1, 2002, at 09:08 AM, Susan B. Farmer wrote:
> >
> > > I have a friend who is looking at a potential new taxon, and he was
> > > wondering if there was an epithet meaning "coastal plain."  ...
> > > -----
> > > Susan Farmer
> > > sfarmer at goldsword.com
> > > Botany Department, University of Tennessee
> > > http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Trillium
> > >
> > _____________________________________________________________
> > Will Fischer                       wfischer at uts.cc.utexas.edu
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> Janice H. Haldeman
> Professor of Biology
> Department of Biology
> Erskine College
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I'm afraid Caesar would have you tortured for this, unless he was in a good
mood for a change :-) Costa is indeed rib, side, but not coast. Coast is ora
(ae) or ora maritima. Plain is planum (not planus) or campus, whence
campester and campestris. I think the simplest option still is litoralis or
littoralis (both correct) or littoreus.

Best regards,

Jan
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