THE GENDER OF THE GENERIC NAME ONOSMA (BORAGINACEAE)

Authors
STEARN WT
Citation
Wt. Stearn, THE GENDER OF THE GENERIC NAME ONOSMA (BORAGINACEAE), Taxon, 42(3), 1993, pp. 679-681
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Taxon → ACNP
ISSN journal
00400262
Volume
42
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
679 - 681
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-0262(1993)42:3<679:TGOTGN>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Generic names ending in -osma, a transcription of Greek osme (smell), have been treated as of feminine gender except Onosma which had a neut er gender. It is proposed that for uniformity and simplicity Onosma sh ould be treated as feminine.