Re: Info, please

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

Jean-Michel,
    I'm having some e-mail problems, so sorry if I am answering something 
that has already been answered by someone else.
    In any case, the only "typo" is the second "z", which should be "c".   
Family Schizaeaceae is a pteridophyte (fern) family, and is based on the 
type genus Schizaea.  All plant families have the -aceae ending, so between 
that and the genus name, the family name has several "ae" and "ea" 
combinations that look rather odd to non-botanists.
                   ---------Ken
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> From: "Jean-michel BENOIT" <Jean-Michel.BENOIT@gemplus.com>
> Reply-To: Jean-Michel.BENOIT@gemplus.com
> To: "dinosaur@usc.edu" <dinosaur@usc.edu>
> Subject: Info, please
> Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 12:59:06 +0200
>
> Dear HPs, it's not directly dinosaur-related but I found in a paper by P
> Taquet about _Genusaurus sisteronis_ describing, among other things, the
> microscopic vegetal deposits including pollen the name of one of which
> stroke me. It's spelled *Schizaeazeae*. Why so many "e" and "a"? Is it a
> typo? If not, what's the meaning?
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> Jean-Michel
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