Comment on Learning Botany

LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• luciole@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  So I went on Wikipedia and apparently Ornithogalum adseptentrionesvergentulum and its genus Ornithogalum are part of the Asparagaceae family which is known as the asparagus family, not to be confused with the Asparagus genus, of which it is but a subset. Gotta love when they fuck with the people like that.

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  • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yeah I know but I object to calling all plants in the asparagus family types of asparagus. Otherwise we’ll soon be dealing with famous types of asparagus such a hostas, agaves, bluebells, dracaenas, and many others.

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    • flora_explora@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I agree. Especially because Ornithogalum is definitely not an Asparagus kind of plant. If maybe Ornithogalum had been in the Asparagus genus before but got split, well OK. But calling any plant in this huge family asparagus, is wild.

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• angrystego@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Yep, I don’t trust them they’re a botanist.

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