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A misconception here: this William Wilson is "William Wilson of Warrington", who worked certainly on Australian mosses. See the footnote. But there is no reason that I can see to think he was in Australia. Charles Matthews ( talk) 11:58, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
Let it no go unnoticed here that the rose is named Rosa Wilsoni (one i) while the fern is named
Hymenophyllum Wilsonii (two i's). Don't ask me why it is so, but I have googled them both and found no variations. I've also been to a near-contemporary
biography which uses the spelling
Hymenophyllum Wilsoni with one i, but the writer (or his proofreader) was probably a mere literary boffin who bowed to a publisher's requirement for morphological consistency while being inadequately versed in the more mercurial linguistics of 'scientific' pursuits. I also suspect wilsoni and wilsonii should be all in lower case. Perhaps this trivial-seeming matter can be resolved one day. Cheers,
Bjenks (
talk)
08:16, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
And, while I'm here, I can't find a reliable source for the 'M' initial someone has added to Wilson's name in the lede. The
International Plant Names people use it but neither
their biographic source nor any other seems to verify a middle name nor initial.
Bjenks (
talk)
08:57, 6 September 2013 (UTC)