Wislizenus - finale !

[Dipteryx]

> >>On what basis do you consider that the 19th century American of German
birth, Friedrich [changed to Frederick in the US] Adolph Wislizenus, has
a surname that is "already in Latin"?  It is true that the -us ending is
uncommon in English (and I suppose German) surnames (-ius is commoner),
but just because a German (or English) name ends in -us that surely does
not make it Latin.  There is no suggestion that Wislizenus was a
"latinization" of another name, analogous to, say, Bauhinus from Bauhin.

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> From: Thomas Lammers <lammers at VAXA.CIS.UWOSH.EDU>
> For a similar recent case, see Burmeistera knaphusii (non "knaphi")
Lammers, Novon 12: 212 (2002).  The surname of the honoree is Norwegian
(knap - hus).

> Thomas G. Lammers, Ph.D.

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For a classic case see the discussion on Magnus (a "surname in Sweden and
Germany") in Reg.Veg.1: 524. 1952

Paul van Rijckevorsel