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Bran, thanks, I don't know how I missed that link, I am getting old I guess. Does anyone by chance know (1) which of the "common" names is most common or (2) which of the dozen or so "synonyms" would customarily be used as the "scientific name" on, say, a plant label
Also I've noted the spelling as reptans, repens, and replens and I'm wondering which one is correct if not all three
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It's Olly who gave the most complete answer for your taxonomical needs. You miss the links that are not like:
http:// etc.and all what it may contain.
(1)The most common of common names for plants are the ones you hear in your area/neighborhood/town. They may differ a lot locally.
(2)Look at garden centre's labels or just work you way through WIKI plant world. For repens, replens, you need to replenish your Latin.
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Lippia repens, Lippia reptans
Both mean 'creeping' or 'crawling'. The former is from repo, repere, and the latter is from repto, reptare, a frequentive form of the first verb. Our word reptile is from the same root. Lippia is derived from a surname. Probably a German one. (There was a Johannis Lippius who was a music theoretician.) The modern binomial nomenclature for the plant seems to be Phyla nodiflora.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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