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

[Mario Blanco]

My interpretation from Article 60.6 is that the diaeresis can be used 
whenever there are two consecutive vowels, except when these are derived 
from one of the ligatures "ae" and "oe" (the spellings of Cephaelis and 
Isoetes are not derived from these ligatures).  Precisely because there 
is no ligature "oi", the diaeresis can be used if so desired, and the 
use of "Rhamno?des" is permitted (although not commonly used). Either 
way (Rhamno?des or Rhamnoides) there is no confusion as to what genus 
you are referring to.

Having said that, I prefer to omit diaereses from all Latin names in the 
sake of simplicity, and I think that is the general trend now.

Mario

Paul van Rijckevorsel wrote:
> The more I think about it, the more I feel that Jacques Melot is entirely
> right, after all. The classic Latin texts that use both the ligature -?- and
> the diaeresis -a?- do not use separate letters -ae- (except in capitals).
>
> So, please disregard my previous post. Apologies!
>
> Paul
>
> * * *
> 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
>
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