Language for taxonomic names, redux

[Michael Everson]

On 26 Feb 2017, at 17:55, John Cowan <cowan at ccil.org> wrote:
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> Well, not quite:  the letters "v" and "w" are distinct in Linnaean Latin, which is not the case in other Latin varieties, and as I noted earlier, anglicisms like "ck" are permitted in Linnaean Latin but would be spelled "cc" in earlier Latin.

“ck”? A trifle. Pinyin is allowed. ;-)

Michael