[Taxacom] Code enquiry
Simon Tillier
tillier at mnhn.fr
Wed Nov 11 23:07:23 CST 2009
D'Urville, in French, translates into "of Urville" in English,
which in Latin is declined as a genitive, ie durvillae because
"Urville" is feminine (like "villa") - actually it could (should?)
have been "urvillae".
Simon Tillier
> -----Message d'origine----- > De :
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[mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] De la part de > John Steel
> Envoyé : jeudi 12 novembre 2009 04:09 > À :
taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu > Objet : [Taxacom] Code enuiry > > Could
someone explain the ICBN to me regarding the -aea ending of the genus,
> Durvillaea, after the explorer D'Urville? I would have though that
a simple > -a would be correct. > > Thanks for your time, John Steel
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