Hebejeebie

[John Grehan]

Those interested in taxonomic etymology may be interested to learn of
Hebejeebie - a new plant genus from New Zealand that refers to the anxiety
the plants often caused taxonomists. The full citation is:

Heads, M. 2003. Hebejeebie (Plantaginaceae), a new genus from the South
Island, New Zealand, and Mt. Kosciusko, SE Australia. Botanical Society of
Otago Newsletter 36, 10-12.

John Grehan

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