Talk:Psephellus mucroniferus

Psephellus mucronifer or Psephellus mucroniferus

Which one is correct ?

• Plant of the word online: Psephellus mucroniferus
• Word plants: Psephellus mucronifer
• Flora of Turkey: Psephellus mucroniferus
• Europlusmed: Psephellus mucronifer
• Ipni: Psephellus mucroniferus

Fagus (talk) 21:04, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

"-fer" is the correct form in classical Latin, but the rules are less strict in botanical Latin. In the appendix of the code, Stenocarpus umbelliferus, Lichen globiferus and Fucus bacciferus are given, so "fer" and "-ferus" are orthographical variants and "-ferus" is not a correctable error. As Wagenitz & Hellwig used Psephellus mucroniferus, their choice has to be followed (Art. 61 ICN). --RLJ (talk) 08:35, 22 June 2023 (UTC)