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I found the following in the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature: this does work

Ex. 2. The holotype of Vitellaria paradoxa C. F. Gaertn. (1807) is a seed of unknown provenance (P), clearly belonging to the species currently known as Butyrospermum paradoxum (C. F. Gaertn.) Hepper. However, the two subspecies recognized within that species can only be distinguished by characters of foliage or inflorescence. Hall & Hurdle (in Taxon 44: 410. 1995) designated an epitype with foliage, Mungo Park (BM). It belongs to the western subspecies, now to be known as B. paradoxum subsp. paradoxum.

A rare case of an error in the ICBN. If you look up Butyrospermum you will see it is no longer the name of a current genus: Vitellaria has priority. A proposal-to-conserve failed (narrowly). Very famous case. A pity, as the world continues to use Butyrospermum parkii. Brya 19:19, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

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2 Language names
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[edit] Spelling

"...and ghariti in the Malian language"

This line originally had a spelling question in it: "...and ghariti (sp?) in the Malian language". I removed it, but did not check the spelling. I am noting it here in case anyone wants to research it. --DanielCD 19:53, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Language names

There is neither a "Senegalese language" nor a "Malian language." I've tried finding the language names on the Internet, to no avail. Someone please correct this. -- Tintazul 15:41, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Hi Tintazul, there are multiple languages in these countries and I couldn't find a reference to the specific one. I have reworded to avoid referring to the languages. - Banyan Tree 15:50, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] contribution

I have removed a contribution that replaced the old content but was specific to the butter rather than the plant and for which I have POV concerns. I'll paste the content below:

I have removed the info as the user in question proved the invalidity of it by trying to spam it into unrelated articles. - Banyan Tree 19:52, 28 April 2006 (UTC)