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[Taxacom] Help sought - re. spelling of Rhamnoides.

Paul van Rijckevorsel dipteryx at freeler.nl
Thu Dec 27 09:13:44 CST 2007


From: "Jacques Melot" <jacques.melot at isholf.is>
    La di?r?se sert ? indiquer qu'une succession
de voyelles a-e ou o-e, qui pourrait provenir des
ligatures ae (?) ou oe (?), est a prononcer
s?par?ment.

    En d'autres termes :

Cepha?lis signifie que ae n'est pas la ligature ae (?).
Iso?tes signifie que oe n'est pas la ligature oe (?).

    L'?criture Rhamno?des n'est pas conforme au
Code (il n'existe aucune ligature oi). Il s'agit
d'un r?sidu d'une ancienne ?criture utilis?e
notamment en France, pour aider ? la
prononciation. La seule ?criture acceptable est
donc Rhamnoides.

    Meilleurs salutations,

    Jacques Melot

***
That is not quite right, as the diaeresis on -a?- can be found in texts that
also use the ligature -?- (for example Catesb?a and Cepha?lis in
http://www.botanicus.org/viewer/vieweronly.asp?cat=botanicus3&client±199485x/31753000645157/jp2&image1753000645157_0161.jp2).
If that were all there were to it, the text could have used the separate
letters -ae- instead of -a?- to make the distinction.

The ligature -?- dropped out of use only decades ago, and the diaeresis has
been around since long before that.

Paul







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