Re: Figs

[(Per Ahlberg) <pea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 30 Jan 1995 11:31:49 GMT,
  BOULTER writes:

>Ficus, the fig, is an angiosperm in Moraceae. Can both names be 
>correct?

Yes. Plants and animals are allowed to share the same generic name. One of 
my favourite fishes, the porolepiform Glyptolepis, also moonlights as a 
Jurassic conifer.


Per Erik Ahlberg
Senior Research Fellow
Department of Palaeontology
The Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
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