[Taxacom] a game of 2 letter generic names

Tue Feb 14 10:18:50 CST 2012

No,
genus Aa Rchb. f. (Orchidaceae)
but I do not know of others
Peter (MPU)

On 14/02/2012 16:43, Frederick W. Schueler wrote:
> On 2/14/2012 12:54 AM, Stephen Thorpe wrote:
>
>> thanks, looks like I just missed Ge ...
>
> * why has this been an exclusively zoological sport - is there something
> in the botanical and bacteriological codes which excludes two-letter
> generic names?
>
> just asking,
>
> fred
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