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From:	G Thomas Watters <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Wed, 2 May 2001 12:19:26 -0400
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And Annularia - which is a snail, a plant, AND a fungus! Beat that.

>
>It seems that this binomen is applied to a species of flowering plant, possibly
>a cactus.  Genera with exactly the same names (homonyms) are forbidden in
>zoological nomenclature but may exist in both the animal and plant kingdoms.
>Aside from Polymita, another example is Ficus.
>
G. Thomas Watters, PhD
Curator of Molluscs
Museum of Biological Diversity
Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology
The Ohio State University
1315 Kinnear Road
Columbus, OH 43212   USA
v: 614-292-6170
f: 614-292-7774

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