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  • acather96 by acather96

    Do I include the variety in the scientific name? Also, what does Cass mean? #helpme

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  • KWillett by KWillett

    A convention in taxonomy to denote the "authority" of the scientific name, often its discoverer. In this case, a botanist named Cassini.

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  • KWillett by KWillett

    Some explanation here: http://goo.gl/fI9AB

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  • acather96 by acather96

    Thanks very much - also wondering whether the variety name should be included in the scientific name? #helpme #thanks

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  • riskingraisin by riskingraisin

    Yes, the variety is an important part of the ID.

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