[Taxacom] ICBN (orthography of geographical epithets)

[Curtis Clark]

On 2007-02-12 01:18, Paul van Rijckevorsel wrote:
> The name of a species consist of two parts: it is a binary name, or
> more colloquially: a binomial. However, linguistally it is a sentence
> in Latin, and should grammatically be a correct Latin sentence.

Not to be excessively picky, but my understanding of Latin suggests 
that, like most European languages, its sentences include verbs. I think 
it would be more accurate to call it a correct Latin phrase.

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