Comments on: PHIV in Rwanda feed themselves better

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:27:18 +0000

Books? Nobody reads books anymore. If it isn’t on the internet, it doesn’t exist.

By: André

André — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:53:32 +0000

Better: a good reference book. The Zander Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen is a handy one. To my knowledge the best source of correct names.

If you work in a Hispanic environment, Enrique Sánchez-Monge y Parellada’s Diccionario de Plantas Agrícolas is a must.

By: Luigi

Luigi — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:42:01 +0000

Gosh, but do you realize what that would mean? That people would have to know the basics of taxonomy, for pity’s sake!

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:44:04 +0000

How strange, and not atypical. Gynandropsis gynandra is a synonym of Cleome gynandra, which is the binomial of a plant commonly known as spiderplant (among many other things) which is referenced in that list right after amaranth, which I’ll bet includes dodo.

I well remember a discussion, shortly I arrived in my current place of work, with an esteemed scientist, about the fact that he had included different taxonomic synonyms for the same species in a long list of nutritious and neglected species. His attitude was “pshaw”. Mine remains that of the pedant. Unless we use the same names for things, we cannot know that we are talking about the same thing.

By: Luigi

Luigi — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:34:43 +0000

Isogi seems to be Gynandropsis gynandra and dodo Amaranthus cruentus. Here's the reference. Both fairly common traditional greens in Eastern and Southern Africa.