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Old September 22, 2013   #26
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Originally Posted by NarnianGarden View Post
That's true, Carolyn... but one still sees the Lycopersicum name quite a lot - I was accustomed to the Solanum, but many sites use the L.E.
So true that some still haven't switched to Solanum, back to what it was in the beginning actually.

In the US one sees Lycopersicon, but in Europe and elsewhere one sees Lycopersicum.

Why, I don't know.

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