Hebejeebie

[Robin Leech]

Wonderful.  You know of course there is a Crambidae (grass moths)
with a genus La, and three species:
La cucaracha
La golandrina
La (I cannot recall the third one).
Stan Bleszinski is the author.
Robin Leech

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From: "John Grehan" <jgrehan at SCIENCEBUFF.ORG>
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Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 5:30 PM
Subject: Hebejeebie


> 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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