フィールド日記
2021.10.12
ハナタデ
裏道にハナタデが咲いています。名前にタデとつく似た仲間が多くありますが、比較的花の数が少ない本種に花タデという名がついています。牧野富太郎博士によると、本種をハナタデと呼ぶのは間違いで、今日イヌタデと呼ばれている種が本来のハナタデであるそうです。
"Hana-Tade (ハナタデ)" plants are in bloom on the back road. There are many relative species whose names include "Tade (タデ)". However, among those species, this species has less flowers although "Hana (ハナ)" in its name means "flower". According to Dr. Makino, it is wrong to call this species "Hata-Tade" and another species called "Inu-Tade (イヌタデ)" should be called "Hata-Tade".
