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Jul 15, 2016 8:31 AM CST
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No I don't, @plantladylin. Smiling My understanding is that the NGA thinks the second word of a scientific name is called the species. But to me the genus and the specific epithet are the two parts of the species (different meaning of species).

Think about it this way…

NGA:

Genus: Hoya

Species: australis

Genus + species = species or botanical name

My way (which some biologists prefer):

Genus: Hoya

Specific epithet: australis

Genus + specific epithet = species

See what I mean now? Smiling
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