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Originally Posted by paul m
PS: This is why scientific, Latin names are so useful on sites such as this - there are probably hundreds of vernacular names for Genista worldwide.
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I am afraid that using latin names for fungi doesn't work
. I was using Latin names on WAB for some fungi only to be told these names didn't exist - I double checked several sources on Dutch sites and the names were there in black and white. To cut a long story short it turns out that the Dutch uses different Latin names than the rest of the world for fungi! (Poor Linnaeus will be turning in his grave
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I presume fungi is the exception to the rule and other things are united in Latin names?