On 28 Jun 2010, at 20:25, CGeat25049@aol.com wrote: > Nomenclature rules on gender as established by the international Botanical > congresses follows.. I am still trying to interpret these rules, but these > congresses are the ones who set the rules. > > Division II > Rules and recommendations > Chapter VII: Orthography and gender of names The key thing in all that goobledygook is the distinction between substantival names and adjectival names. All the rest is pretty close to standard ways of constructing words in Latin. The difference (in English) is between "Miller's Beer" and "Miller Beer". Or to use a local reference, between "Nanaimo bar" (a delicious confection) and "Nanaimo's mayor". -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate on beautiful Vancouver Island http://maps.google.ca/maps/…