[Taxacom] Code enquiry

[Thomas G. Lammers]

At 10:34 AM 11/12/2009, Sean Edwards wrote:
>And surely, although Urville might be feminine, I would be the last to 
>suggest that the man himself was anything other than male, and should be 
>treated as such?

I think it's traditional (recommended? required?) that honorific generic 
names are always feminine.  I think it reflects of the gender of the 
"planta" than on the honoree.


Thomas G. Lammers
Department of Biology and Microbiology
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
http://www.uwosh.edu/departments/biology/Lammers.htm

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