(23-02-2021, 08:30 PM)R. Sale wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.How about this? What VMs plant has the best identification? What names across a reasonable range of languages can be applied to that plant? What vord in the VMs text might represent that plant name? If that does not work, what are the prospects for progress in this method of investigation???
In my opinion, Ricinus, Cannabis, Viola, and Tragapogon are the most recognizable (there are a few others but those are the ones that come immediately to mind).
However, even with these, which I think are pretty solid IDs, there is no consensus.
And there is the problem of names. Ricinus was also called Palma Christi (there are several different "palma christi" plants). Cannabis has many names. Viola is one of the few that is an accepted ID and which has the same name in several languages. If you want to hunt for names in the text, Viola is probably the best place to start.