> I see a couple of objections to this but perhaps most importantly is that it
> would allow to stand the positively execrable generic name "Aa".
>
> Michael
>
>Hmm, is "Aa" pronounced with one syllable or two? (grin)
> Or perhaps Aaaaaahhhh! (grin)
You can all have fun ... however, "Aa" is a synonym for "Ada", thus there is no
point in seriously investigating what Reichenbach had in mind when he
described his genus.
By the way, there is also a genus "Zz" if my memory doesn't fool me
I mean to remember that it represents some kind of bee.
regards
Guido
--
Prof. Dr. Guido J. Braem
Naunheimer Str. 17
35633 Lahnau
Deutschland/Germany
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