[Taxacom] [HERBARIA] collection label abbreviation

[Thomas G. Lammers]

At 12:37 PM 2/26/2009, Janet Sullivan wrote:
>OK, after a bit of time in the dictionary and on the internet I give up. 
>Why is New Jersey called "Nova Caesarea" and New York "Nova Eboracum"?

New Jersey is named for the Isle of Jersey in the English Channel; the 
Roman name of the island was Caesarea.  Similarly, Eboracum was the Roman 
name for the English city of York, from which New York takes its name.



Thomas G. Lammers, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Curator of the Herbarium (OSH)
Department of Biology and Microbiology
800 Algoma Blvd.
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54901-8640 USA

e-mail:       lammers at uwosh.edu
phone:      920-424-1002
fax:           920-424-1101

Plant systematics; classification, nomenclature, evolution, and 
biogeography of the Campanulaceae s. lat.

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