was the first version of the name too early to take priority or are all the books in error? Peter (UK) On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Crawford Neil <Neil.Crawford@volvo.com>wrote: > The origin of the Moraea name is rather amusing: > > The genus Moraea was first described as Morea in honour of the English > botanist Robert More (1703-1780), but Linnaeus later changed the name to > Moraea after the surname of his wife, Elisabeth Moraea and father-in-law, > Johan Moraeus (Goldblatt & Manning 2008). >