As some wise person observed once: All common names are correct! (By virtue of the absence of any agreed upon authority...) On Dec 20, 2007 2:33 PM, Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org> wrote: > My nomination is Bermuda Buttercup, the name used for Oxalis pes-caprae > which is native to South Africa, not Bermuda. It is yellow it is true, but > buttercup is a common name often used in connection with some Ranunculus > species which further illustrates one of the problems of using common > names > as more than one genus can go under the same name. > > Mary Sue > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >