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Yes. It's named after Bombardopolis, Haiti.
At 02:08 PM 04/19/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>At 02:30 PM 4/19/00 -0400, you wrote:
>>Where do names come from?
>>Petasipoma bombardopolense Bartsch, 1946.
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>>And they said Bartsch had no sense of humor.
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>Tom, is this critter Hispanolan? A small village on the northern peninsula
>of Haiti has a similar name. I went there. I don't need to go back.
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>Kurt
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