summerJets

"Unfortunately, the rules of zoological nomenclature are strict, and even obvious mistakes can’t be changed, once they are enlisted in the naming publication. The taxonomy is littered with such fossilized mistakes. My favorite is Khaya, African mahogany. Legend (which I long to believe) has it that in a local language it means ‘I don’t know’, with the presumed subtext, ‘And I don’t care and why don’t you stop asking stupid questions about plant names.’"

Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth