Mary Sue asked, A question for you Crocus experts. Can anyone tell us which is the >correct name, Crocus baytopiorum or Crocus baylopiorum? All my books >have the first spelling, as does IPNI and the Global Names Index. >However, Kew and Mobot are using the second spelling. Thanks. As far as I know, it is BAYTOPIORUM, named after two Turkish botanists, husband and wife, Turhan and Asuman Baytop; it means "of the Baytops." The spelling with L must be a typo, or the result of somebody's bad handwriting. There are other plants named in honor of the Baytops, such as Colchicum baytopiorum. The provenance of the name is mentioned in Brian Mathew's book "The Crocus," and since he was acquainted with the Baytops, he must know. I also find the spelling Baytop in citations of Turhan Baytop's publications. It sometimes happens that a typographical error in the original publication of a species is claimed to be the "correct" name, but when the epithet is based on a person's name, I think the botanical nomenclature code permits correction. Jane McGary (not a Crocus expert but I do know how to spell)