Harvey
you are correct esculenta is the species not the genus. Why I would say
it was the genus I do not know!!!!. I must be more tired than I
realise. What came to mind was the numerous times when I have been
doing searches for esculenta in the Biol Indexes and been directed to
one of the taro plants instead of the swiftlets I was looking for.
Thanks for picking up my error.
Another two names that can be easilly confused (particularly when tired)
is the Family name of the swallows (Hirundinidae) and the specific name
of the Mountain Swiftlet (A. hirundinaceus).
Sorry for putting you on the wrong track
Happy birding
Mike
Prof Mike Tarburton
Dean: School of Science and Technology
Pacific Adventist University
PMB, Boroko
Papua New Guinea
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> From: Harvey Perkins
> Sent: 12 September 2003 15:07
> To: Mike
> Subject: RE: [BIRDING-AUS] The name Eremophila
>
> >Another example of dual usage is the genus esculenta for it is
> applied
> >to a genus of swiftlets as well as a genus of plants.
>
> G'day Mike,
>
> Sibley & Monroe's list includes the Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia
> esculenta in which the esculenta is the specific rather than generic
> name. Simpson & Day also has Collocalia esculenta, but I don't have
> any other references to hand at work. Is this the species you were
> referring to and if so is there an alternative nomenclature where
> Esculenta is used as the Genus name?
>
> Harvey
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