My understanding is that if it was 'Before Linnaeus" it doesn't count in nomenclature rules. Randy On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Peter Taggart <petersirises@gmail.com>wrote: > was the first version of the name too early to take priority or are all the > books in error? > Peter (UK) > > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Crawford Neil <Neil.Crawford@volvo.com > >wrote: > > > The origin of the Moraea name is rather amusing: > > > > The genus Moraea was first described as Morea in honour of the English > > botanist Robert More (1703-1780), but Linnaeus later changed the name to > > Moraea after the surname of his wife, Elisabeth Moraea and father-in-law, > > Johan Moraeus (Goldblatt & Manning 2008). > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- * * A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. - Thomas Paine --- * *