Hibbert's flowers and Hitler's beetle – what do we do when species are named after history's monsters?
John Tann/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA “What’s in a name?”,
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Hibbert's flowers and Hitler's beetle – what do we do when species are named after history's monsters?
John Tann/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA “What’s in a name?”, asked Juliet of Romeo. “That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”
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Hibbert's flowers and Hitler's beetle – what do we do when species are named after history's monsters?
One of Australia’s largest groups of flower species is named after a wealthy British slave-trader. And Nazi memorabilia collectors have almost sent “Hitler’s beetle” extinct. It’s time for a change.
Source: theconversation.com