My favorite nomenclatural conundrums involve botanists with Russian or other names transliterated from the Cyrillic alphabet by German botanists. Fortunately, I cannot think of any concrete examples at the moment. Jim Shields ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA