Hi all, They are really the same name. The "V" sound is transliterated from Slavic languages into German as "w" so if a German botanist gave the original name, it would be spelled with a W, whereas if an Anglophone botanist named the plant, it might be spelled with V. I think probably either spelling is perfectly acceptable, but to be sure you would have to go back to the first publication of the original description of that plant species. Since that is not worth most of our bothering with, we should keep in mind the duality of spelling the V sound in botanical names. Lots of fun! Jim Shields Anglo-Germano-phone with a little Latin thrown in, but no Greek At 09:45 AM 1/31/2004 -0500, you wrote: >Bryan mentioned "Note the RHS Plant Finder has bigelowii, whereas my other >books have bigelovii." > >In a similar vein, I have seen Tulipa maximowiczii spelled Tulipa >maximoviczii in at least two recent publications. Which is it? ( > >Jim McKenney ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA