Comments on: Berry Go Round #5

By: miconia

miconia — Sat, 31 May 2008 13:03:43 +0000

Sissy,

Thanks for the fascinating information about Linnaeus and his naming penchants.

Mary

By: Sissy Willis

Sissy Willis — Sat, 31 May 2008 12:34:27 +0000

So sorry I missed offering a contribution to your totally awesome Berry Go Round. ‘Just stumbled into it via Seeds Aside, who’s doing the next Circus of the Spineless.

Speaking of Linnaeus and how things got their names, you might enjoy this bit from one of my own posts of last year:

“[Linnaeus] named a noxious weed after a German botanist he disliked [Siegesbeckia orientalis, Johann Siegesbeck, who had called his work "loathesome harlotry"] and the entire toad family after a French rival — names we still use today,” writes Robert Lee Hotz re Linnaeus, the 18th-century Swedish naturalist who gave the world modern taxonomy, the science of classifying organisms — on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the great man’s birth. In celebration, “Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson and his colleagues launched the new online Encyclopedia of Life with $12.5 million from the MacArthur Foundation and the Sloan Foundation.” Were Tiny (lurking, above left) a namer of species like Linnaeus, she would no doubt rename a certain noxious rodent after her brother, Baby (lounging, above right). Babycakesia chelseana, anyone?

http://sisu.typepad.com/sisu/2007/05/schumer_httpwww.html

By: Carnival time, again at Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog

Carnival time, again at Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog — Mon, 26 May 2008 19:12:24 +0000

[...] Berry Go Round No. 5 is up at A Neotropical Savanna. There’s a lot celebrating the birthday of Linnaeus on 23 May in the Gregorian calendar.1 But there are also some dandy posts on food and agriculture, to whit: My Asparagus Adventure, Best Fruit Ever? (the pomegranate), and Drought for Thought. [...]

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 26 May 2008 15:25:15 +0000

Hi Susannah,

Thanks for your comment and for the kind words from your link.

Mary

By: Berry Go Round 5

Berry Go Round 5 — Mon, 26 May 2008 14:24:33 +0000

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By: susannah

susannah — Mon, 26 May 2008 14:12:03 +0000

Fantastic! Thanks for putting this together!

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 26 May 2008 13:09:45 +0000

Hi Don,

Thanks for commenting. That’s why we’re retired, isn’t it? To sit at our computers for weeks at a time?

By: Don Ray

Don Ray — Mon, 26 May 2008 12:59:38 +0000

WOW. So much information in one post. It will take me a week to go through all of the references.

By: BGR #5 posted « Berry Go Round

BGR #5 posted « Berry Go Round — Mon, 26 May 2008 12:56:44 +0000

[...] pm Filed under: Uncategorized You can read this wonderful edition at A Neotropical Savanna just here… This month, BGR is commemorating Linneaus’ birthday with plants. The result is a [...]

By: Berrygo Round #5 is up! « Seeds Aside

Berrygo Round #5 is up! « Seeds Aside — Mon, 26 May 2008 12:54:02 +0000

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