The Order of the Phoenix
Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)
catlady at wicca.net
Sat Sep 29 06:23:45 UTC 2001
No: HPFGUIDX 26860
--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Dave Hardenbrook <DaveH47 at m...> wrote:
> Family: Phoenicidae
> Genus: Phoenix
> Species: _Phoenix pyropartus_
>
If there's only one species in the genus (or if in Linneaus's
time it was thought that there was only one species in the
genus), it could be Phoenix phoenix.
Phoenix domesticus
Phoenix familiaris
isn't there a Latin adjective used for the 'true' example, like
the true oak or true maple?
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