Talk:Cucumbertree
Cucumbertree is the correct usage, not cucumber tree. Also, tree names ARE NOT CAPITALIZED unless they start with a proper name. Tree names are not bird names. This has already been extensively discussed. jaknouse 15:55, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Er, who says so??
In all my tree books, tree names are capitalised, same as bird names in fact (i.e. Cucumber Tree - it is only the logistic nightmare of changing a huge number of names in wikipedia that stops me from doing so). And what the h*ll is a "proper name"? Who decides if a name is "proper" or not? They should be either fully capitalised, or else none capitalised. Anything else is a complete nonsense, and merely a chance for the self-appointed professor to show off that he's superior to the common riff-raff, knowing whether a name is "proper" or not. It's as bad as those idiots who still insist on capitalising seemingly random species names in Latin - totally confusing. MPF 16:06, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- Just checked, the most recent authoritative monograph on the Magnoliaceae (Magnolias and their allies, ed. D. Hunt; International Dendrology Society & Magnolia Society, 1998) gives Cucumber Tree. And Tulip Tree. MPF 16:21, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC)
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