tongue in cheek

[Thomas G. Lammers]

>>According to the "Worth Noting" feature in the July-August 2005 issue of
>>The Humanist, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld have just
>>been accorded a truly unique honor.  They've     had bugs named after
>>them!  Assigned the task of naming 65 newly-discovered species of
>>slime-mold beetles, entomologists Quentin Wheeler and Kelly B. Miller
>>named three species for the president, vice-president and defense
>>secretary:   Agathidium bushi, Agathidium cheneyi and
>>Agathidium rumsfeldi.


I named a plant for Bill Clinton a while back: Siphocampylus praevaricator
Lammers, Novon 12: 230 (2002) ...

;-)


Thomas G. Lammers, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Curator of the Herbarium (OSH)
Department of Biology and Microbiology
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54901-8640 USA

e-mail:       lammers at uwosh.edu
phone:      920-424-1002
fax:           920-424-1101

Plant systematics; classification, nomenclature, evolution, and
biogeography of the Campanulaceae s. lat.

Webpages:
http://www.uwosh.edu/departments/biology/Lammers.htm
http://www.uwosh.edu/departments/biology/herbarium/herbarium.html
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Resort/7156/lammers.html
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