tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24631933.post2841808069445755662..comments2024-03-28T09:20:29.490-04:00Comments on Arrowhead Alpines Blog: Why scientific names change, and why you should be happy about itJosephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14433418903218452909noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24631933.post-70215711559165355582020-06-11T04:19:38.330-04:002020-06-11T04:19:38.330-04:00Thanks for sharing this knowledgeable blog with us...Thanks for sharing this knowledgeable blog with us, truly a great informative site.<br />best wireless trail camerahttps://viewtoptenbest.com/10-browning-trail-cameras/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24631933.post-80415452359294220542016-06-14T00:33:11.725-04:002016-06-14T00:33:11.725-04:00Choosing the right name for your business is more ...Choosing the right name for your business is more important than you know. You would think the name you select would ideally reflect the value and uniqueness of the product or service being offered, be easy to pronounce, and distinguish you from your competition. michael greenfingershttp://www.howdoesyourgardenmow.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24631933.post-65393209065751452812011-07-03T10:46:41.899-04:002011-07-03T10:46:41.899-04:00I enjoy learning the scietific names of plants tha...I enjoy learning the scietific names of plants that I have. I wish things could be simplified. Is there a way to gradually remove the synonyms?Bomhttp://www.plantchaser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24631933.post-5426746809060977632011-07-01T16:40:43.365-04:002011-07-01T16:40:43.365-04:00A pelargonium is not a geranium.
And hasn't be...A pelargonium is not a geranium.<br />And hasn't been since 1738.<br /><br />I'd really like the convention to come round on this one.<br /><br />Yeah, it's a peeve. What can I say. Fits the discussion here, I think...Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15597630887713954960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24631933.post-43606339190181103892011-06-16T21:43:22.222-04:002011-06-16T21:43:22.222-04:00Sorry, I wasn't meaning to insult you if it ca...Sorry, I wasn't meaning to insult you if it came off that way. I actually didn't know Althea was ever it's latin name, I thought it was just another common name. I really would like to know what characteristics they used to separate it from Hibiscus originally... I am still trying to wrap my head around all the aster and sedum divisions though... I almost don't want to think about it!Tomhttp://theatrumbotanicum.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24631933.post-41713556253176323582011-06-16T21:25:22.679-04:002011-06-16T21:25:22.679-04:00Thanks, Joseph, for the nice, clear post. As a nam...Thanks, Joseph, for the nice, clear post. As a name-changing taxonomist by profession, I sympathize with the need to learn new names (I have to learn them, too), but I love knowing that our classification more closely reflects the actual evolutionary history.Scottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24631933.post-65214676208192033522011-06-16T15:24:39.105-04:002011-06-16T15:24:39.105-04:00According to an article in the June 2011 issue of ...According to an article in the June 2011 issue of National Geographic Magazine:<br /><br />"The list of [scientific plant names] names has … ballooned to 1.05 million, but of those, only around 300,000 are now confirmed to be unique species. Nearly half a million others, it turns out, are redundant.<br /><br />"The scientific moniker for English oak has 314 synonyms, the common daisy 29, and the giant sequoia 18."<br /><br />Hopefully changing the scientific names will also clear up this mess. When there are just as many Latin names for plants as there are common names, everyone just gets confused! Plus, I'd much rather learn just one name per plant. That's hard enough.Lesliehttp://blogs.icta.net/plovernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24631933.post-2476448218054630232011-06-16T13:02:52.723-04:002011-06-16T13:02:52.723-04:00Green Zebra,
Well, there are still lumpers and spl...Green Zebra,<br />Well, there are still lumpers and splitters -- you can still have the same data and make different decisions what to call it. Phylogenetics will always be a bit subjective, but DNA sequence makes it a little more reliable.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14433418903218452909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24631933.post-57759849509317715742011-06-16T09:14:59.749-04:002011-06-16T09:14:59.749-04:00I remember talking with my undergraduate advisor (...I remember talking with my undergraduate advisor (a phylogeneticist) about "lumpers" and "splitters". I thought these people were just being picky, but your explanation makes much more sense.Green Zebra Market Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10030147550078130741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24631933.post-66456360780482591952011-06-15T22:16:21.948-04:002011-06-15T22:16:21.948-04:00Tom, yes, this example is pretty obvious -- it was...Tom, yes, this example is pretty obvious -- it was just the one that came to mind because of a discussion I was having with someone who knows it as "althea." But in many cases it isn't obvious. I'm hoping that the new revisions of aster and sedum will spawn some exciting new breeding work with those genera.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14433418903218452909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24631933.post-68312614281103780622011-06-15T21:53:02.119-04:002011-06-15T21:53:02.119-04:00Call me a plant snob but doesn't it seem perfe...Call me a plant snob but doesn't it seem perfectly obvious that H. syriacus is closer to a H. rosa-sinensis than an Alcea? Either way they sure are pretty (now that I live somewhere that they'll grow!)Tomhttp://theatrumbotanicum.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24631933.post-4731429062668752612011-06-15T18:24:14.645-04:002011-06-15T18:24:14.645-04:00This makes perfect sense, and if it means better b...This makes perfect sense, and if it means better breeding, I'm all for it! (This will be my "link to post" the next time I point out a new botanical name.)Carol Michelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24631933.post-13837172440717095792011-06-15T17:10:21.086-04:002011-06-15T17:10:21.086-04:00It always amazes me that they keep changing the na...It always amazes me that they keep changing the names of things (recently learned that Joe Pye Weed is now Eutrochium). At least the point about DNA makes sense!scottweberpdxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08740930947767329183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24631933.post-2528185509496796682011-06-15T13:06:28.540-04:002011-06-15T13:06:28.540-04:00Thanks for pointing this out. I read about this so...Thanks for pointing this out. I read about this somewhere else recently (don't remember where), and it makes the changes a little easier to bear.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16323262555906240701noreply@blogger.com