Taxon pronunciation

Will we never correct the anglicized pronunciation of the plants names? 

Using the erroneous British pronunciation of the latin has led us, in the most recent issue of the magazine, to such painful inconsistencies as calling for "nan-DEE-na" (nandina), while at the same time declaring "al-PINE-ah," (alpina) to be the right pronunciation.  The correct latin would be nan-DEE-na and al-PEE-na. Don't forget the old school British are prone to other atrocities such as "MAY-ter" for mater and PAY-ter for pater, so we can hardly turn to them for correct latin pronunciation.

And so Acer palmatum must return to being Acer pal-MAH-tum, because we certainly don't want to end up saying Aquilegia cay-NAY-densis.

And it wouldn't hurt to let people know that plants names are not latin.  They are at most less than half latin.  The rest of plant taxonomy is Greek and latinized homages to various botanists, such as collinsonia, fosterii and so forth.

Niccat