[Taxacom] a question of Latin ...

[Curtis Clark]

On 8/1/2012 4:56 PM, Stephen Thorpe wrote:
> Does anyone know if the specific epithet advena is unchangeable when the gender of the genus changes? In other words, is there such an epithet as advenus?

It's a noun in apposition, so it would always be advena. The 
corresponding adjective seems to be adventicius.

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