https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/15/check-it-out-caloplaca-obamae/ Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:30:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/15/check-it-out-caloplaca-obamae/#comment-534343 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:30:24 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/04/15/check-it-out-caloplaca-obamae/#comment-534343 I have been wondering how the inevitable researcher would decline his name. Is C. obamae not feminine? I don’t think there’s a provision in the Zoological Code to allow an author to declare a possessive name ending in -ae to be masculine (although Latin had such masculine -a words like agricola). I don’t know what the Botanical Code says. I’m rather certain any animals named after Obama will have to be obamai (unless they’re named after Michelle).

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/15/check-it-out-caloplaca-obamae/#comment-534342 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:18:26 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/04/15/check-it-out-caloplaca-obamae/#comment-534342 I think there’s something magical about lichen. There is such a range of colour and shape.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/15/check-it-out-caloplaca-obamae/#comment-534341 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:00:28 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/04/15/check-it-out-caloplaca-obamae/#comment-534341 Better be careful what you name after the current president. They had to recall the Chia pets that were named after him.

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