You are welcome Greene. A friend once said that if taxonomists were the only crop growers, we would all starve.
I think the cause of so much confusion is curiosity. As greater awareness of our surroundings, brilliant technological advances and the human need to " know, name and file" developed, what was once a Rose is now known as:
Kingdon Plantae -- plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants
Subkingdom Viridiplantae
Infrakingdom Streptophyta – land plants
Superdivision Embryophyta
Division Tracheophyta – vascular plants, tracheophytes
Subdivision Spermatophytina – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames
Class Magnoliopsida
Superorder Rosanae
Order Rosales
Family Rosaceae – roses
Genus Rosa L. – wildrose, rose
With over 70 direct children (
http://www.itis.gov/servlet/Si... )
At the bottom of that link there are references noted. There are dates attached to the references and you can revision dates and updates... and if you start backtracking the lineage and the language you will find that even Shakespeare was dealing with taxonomists... a Rose by any other name....
Either that, or perhaps Mother Nature just likes teasing us and keeps making new species, genus/species crosses and hybrids...
