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🗓️ 25 January 2019
⏱️ 28 minutes
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ZZ plant or Zamioculcas zamiifolia? Botanical Latin can seem like a confusing alphabet soup that’s hard to say and even harder to figure out. But I love learning about the Latin names of houseplants, because there’s always something to learn about the history of the plant, who brought it into cultivation and what it looks like. With the help of guests John Wright and Daniel Sparler, this episode helps to demystify botanical Latin, explain why it’s important, and set you on the road to becoming a scholar of plant taxonomy - the science of naming plants.
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0:00.0 | From Alovera to Zamiococcus Zamifoliaolia. This week, we're talking about botanical Latin. |
0:28.6 | This is On the Ledge podcast and I am your leafy host, Jane Perrone. |
0:36.6 | If you're a new listener, welcome. |
0:38.8 | And if you're an old hand, well, draw up a seat, settle down and enjoy the show. |
0:45.8 | We'll be finding out why botanical Latin matters, getting to grips with the nitty-gritty |
0:51.7 | of taxonomy from genus to cultivar. And I'll also be |
0:57.1 | answering a question about a house plant that thinks it's a pond plant. A particularly warm welcome |
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1:34.9 | Tailacodon walichiae. |
1:38.5 | Drosera cecilifolia. |
1:43.5 | This is me trying to read the Latin names of a number of cactite and succulents. |
1:50.0 | As you can hear, it's not the easiest of languages to master. |
1:55.0 | Dinteranthus Wilmotianus. |
1:57.0 | You may be wondering why we bother in the first place and don't just stick to the common names of these plants, |
2:03.4 | which are often rather poetic and lovely. |
2:07.1 | And let's face it, a darn sight easier to say. |
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