[Taxacom] Mixed roots

[Dan Lahr]

Hi Michael,

+1 for Curtis, it is ugly but it is allowed.

You could always point it out, the authors may correct it. I imagine most
people are just not well versed in the classic languages and would be happy
to have some help.

We generally seek out advice from a classicist before publishing a new
name.  There are numerous reasons why this makes sense, perhaps the most
important is respecting the authority from an expert in an area I don't
master...

best,

Dan


On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Michael A. Ivie <mivie at montana.edu> wrote:

> OK, is mixing a Latin and a Greek root in an animal genus name 1) OK and
> nothing to worry about, 2) ugly but permissible, 3) wrong but what you
> gonna do, or 4) horribly wrong and disallowed?  As an editor should I
> ignore it or not?  I am hopeless on this stuff.
>
> Mike
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