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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Actually, yes, in botany a specific or infraspecific epithet<BR>
may be capitalized. These days it is rarely done and very<BR>
likely it will disallowed within a few decades.<BR>
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It is very unusual to capitalize an epithet such as affinis;<BR>
capitalization is reserved for nouns and names. So, in a<BR>
publication dedicated to Sijfert Koorders one may find<BR>
names such as Millettia Koordersii, deliberately capitalized.<BR>
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Paul<BR>
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Van: tdwg-content-bounces@lists.tdwg.org namens Dmitry Mozzherin<BR>
Verzonden: vr 19-11-2010 15:03<BR>
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> Is it allowed to have capitalized 'var. part' of a name?<BR>
> I did not know that<BR>
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Dima<BR>
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