New Plant Names will not require Latin

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New Plant Names will not require Latin

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Title says it all, Latin is being dropped and replaced with English. Anything new will be named in English and identified ideally through its unique DNA.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle ... story.html

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I read this article a few days ago, and it was a bit confusing. After a few reads though, it's not the NAMES that are losing Latin, it's the DESCRIPTIONS.

From the article: "When he published the discovery of a small tropical tree called Cordia koemarae, he had to write a Latin description that ran to 100 words and included: “Folia persistentia; laminae anisophyllae, foliis majoribus ellipticis.” Roughly translated: The tree hangs on to its leaves, which vary by size. The bigger leaf blades are elliptical."
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