If a plant is named after a person the first step is to make it latin so Katherine becomes katherina. The next step is to bring it to the second declination (?) so katherinae is the correct form. Now the following question arises: published is kathErinae. However the lady is named KathArine?? Ben J.M.Zonneveld Nationaal Herbarium Nederland POBox 9514 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands telf 071 5274738 E-mail: Zonneveld@NHN.Leidenuniv.nl