How do I find Scientific names?

[Stephen J Bungard]

In article <Pine.HPP.3.91.960327133931.16900B-100000 at commlink.zdv.uni-
tuebingen.de>, martin adler <kapib01 at commlink.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de>
writes
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>> Does anybody know how I can find out what the Scientific designation
>> (Genus species) for the Irish plant called "Blackthorn" or the
>> English "Whitethorn" (a.k.a. simply "Thorn")?
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>using some of the German names I have in mind, I propose
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>"Blackthorn"   is   Prunus spinosa and
>"Whitethorn"   is   Crataegus monogyna and/or Crataegus laevigata
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>nobody here from the British Isles?
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OK, OK.  I agree.  It is just that whitethorn is not a name usually
applied to anything here.

 :-)



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