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hernesheir commented on the word damnacanthus
Said to originate when a taxonomist collected an undescribed Acanthus relative - and responding to the inquiry of "what is it?" said "Another damn Acanthus", and the new genus name was coined. Apocryphal perhaps.
September 17, 2009