Agnosphytis/Agnostiphys

["Ken Kinman" <kinman@hotmail.com>]

Dear All,
    A note of caution on "Agnosphytis".  Let's not get too attached to this 
spelling (or its pronunciation) until we know this is what the authors 
intended.  The other spelling "Agnostiphys" makes even more sense to me.  
Greek "agnosti + phys", meaning something like "uncertain nature or form".
    I hope so, because I think it would be easier to pronounce and spell.  
And it also sounds less "botanical".   We shall see.
       ------ Cheers,  Ken

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Jaime A. Headden wrote:
> Food for thought ... nice Greek name, though:
>
>   *Agnosphytis cromhallensis* :: *Agnosphytis* > _agnos-_ (Grk.) unknown,
> lacking knowledge of > _a-_ (Grk.) not, without + _gnosein_ (Grk.) to know
> + _phytis_ (Grk.) > _phyte_ (Grk.) plant (or part thereof, as in branch,
> stem, etc.). *cromhallensis* > Cromhall (region where the holotype was
> discovered) + _-ensis_ (Lat.) masculine locational genitive.
>   *Agnosphytis cromhallensis* may be translated as "unknown branch from
> Cromhall."
>
>   I think the pronounciation goes "AHG-nohs-FYE-tihs" ... but I could be 
> wrong.
>
> =====
> Jaime A. Headden
>
>   Little steps are often the hardest to take.  We are too used to making 
> leaps in the face of adversity, that a simple skip is so hard to do.  We 
> should all learn to walk soft, walk small, see the world around us rather 
> than zoom by it.
>
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