Schinus polygama, the Hardee peppertree[2] or Chilean pepper tree, is a species of plant in the family
Anacardiaceae native to Argentina and Chile[3] and naturalized in
California.[4]
Taxonomy
The species name has been spelled Schinus polygamus, which according to the rules of the
International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (article 62.1) is incorrect
Latin grammar, and is "to be corrected" to Schinus polygama.[5] This is because botanical tradition uses feminine
grammatical gender for the
genus name Schinus, as is the
classical tradition for most genus names of trees that end in -us,[6] and polygama is an
adjective that must take a feminine form (not the masculine form polygamus).[7]
^USDA, NRCS (n.d.).
"Schinus polygama". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
^Turland, N. (2013), The Code Decoded: A user's guide to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, vol. Regnum Vegetabile Volume 155, Koeltz Scientific Books,
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^Stearn, William T. (1992), Botanical Latin: History, grammar, syntax, terminology and vocabulary (4th ed.), David and Charles,
ISBN0-7153-0052-0