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Re: where do the names come from
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G Thomas Watters <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 19 Apr 2000 16:01:21 -0400
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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.
>>
>>And they said Bartsch had no sense of humor.
>
>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.
>
>Kurt
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