[Taxacom] Ethiopian versus Afrotropical

[Thomas Lammers]

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From: John Grehan <jgrehan at sciencebuff.org>

> the older Ethiopian name has some bad historical (racial) connotations, etc.<

Hm.  I wonder how the folks in Ethiopia feel about that, learning that their nation's name is a no-no word ...
:-/

Thomas G. Lammers, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Curator of the Herbarium
Department of Biology and Microbiology
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

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