[Taxacom] Correcting higher taxon terminations in botany ( a question of stems)

[Michael Heads]

To form the family name in botany, the 'stem' of the noun (i.e. the
genitive form of the noun without the inflected ending) is used (whether
Latin or Greek), and 'aceae' is added (Article 18:1). Thelypteridaceae,
Iridaceae, Orchidaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Oxalidaceae etc. (Greek stems) all
follow the rule, likewise Plumbaginaceae (not Plumbagaceae) (the stem in
this case is Latin).
  The old names Capparidaceae and Haloragidaceae followed the rule. But the
new, shortened names, Capparaceae and Haloragaceae, have been conserved for
some reason. Does anyone know why?. .

On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 10:17 AM Tony Rees via Taxacom <
taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> wrote:

> Paul Kirk wrote:
>
> > Scleroderma is not a plant ...
>
> Point taken, but the same rules apply...
> BTW, is Mycology a part of Botany these days? Or maybe, Botany does not
> exist... in my alma mater, it became "Plant Sciences" over the time that I
> was there. Probably (almost certainly) something else now ("evolutionary
> biology" or similar) :)
>
> - Tony
>
>
>
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul Kirk
> > Sent: 25 July 2021 22:39
> > To: Kenneth Kinman <kinman at hotmail.com>
> > Subject: RE: [Taxacom] Correcting higher taxon terminations in botany ( a
> > question of stems)
> >
> > Scleroderma is not a plant ...
> >
> > Paul
> > (Mycologist)
> >
> >
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