22-11-2023, 04:59 PM
(22-11-2023, 04:22 PM)Bernd wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.@Aga Tentaculus
Please do not translate vernacular German plant names to English, no English speaker can make sense of 'seven-pointed star' or 'one-berry'. This is why we have scientific Latin names for organisms which are universally understood in all languages. Or at least use the accepted vernacular English names.
Scientific Latin names are a good idea for sure. Just for interest regarding Paris quadrifolia specifically: while it is usually called Herb-paris, I first came across this plant in English, in northeast England, as 'one-berry' - also formerly known as 'oneberrie', ref You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., who notes a couple of paragraphs down that 'oneberrie' was first properly described in England by William Turner in the 16th Century.