[Plant-biology] Re: Stabilising Aloe vera

[Scott Coutts]

Cereus-validus..... wrote:
> Taxonomy circles?
> What's that?
> A group of old ladies that sits around doing taxonomy?
>

Umm... whatever you reckon.

> 
> According to the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, a plant can 
> have only one correct name.
>

That doesn't mean that others are not commonly used. You'll find both 
listed in most places as synonyms. I think it may actually be an old 
scientific name for the plant.

> 
> Many plants are sold with the wrong names in the horticultural trade. That's 
> not taxonomy. That's laziness.
>  

I didnt say it was correct, incorrect, lazy or otherwise. I simply said 
that both of them are commonly used, and given that this person was 
looking for the plant, then I'd say a commonly used name is better than 
   a technically correct name.