In a message dated 7/5/2006 5:21:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, wpoulsen@pacbell.net writes: Is it the case that the scientific names for plants and the ones for animals need not pay attention to each other? Yes, that is indeed the case. I remember a humorous talk a year or so ago in which the speaker did a great job explaining the nomenclature. Then he illustrated some of the names with drawings and photos and it was amazing to see a monkey and a plant with the same genus name. I think there were primate and avian overlaps too. Bill Lee