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zuzu said:

It does this because you entered the binomial botanical name in your proposal, so the system naturally assumed that the first was the genus and the second was the species. Am I misunderstanding your question? I see nothing wrong with separating the genus from the species.

Your proposal also contained another error. The common name is Sundew, not Drosera magnifica.

Thank you for your reply, Zuzu. What I'm trying to ask is this:

Why does the system think of magnifica as a species? Magnifica really identifies the species within the genus but is not the species itself. (I made the mistake of thinking that the second word in a scientific name is the species name.) That's why I thought putting double Droseras would make the genus drosera and the species Drosea magnifica.


Thanks for correcting me about the common name! Wasn't exactly sure at first because everywhere I've seen lists it as Drosea magnifica.