David Williams Feb 11, 2009:

Latin One of the main benefits of Latin names is that they are universal, so you could even just use the Latin name, or it should provide the direct route to the national name, whatever language you are working into (as long as that species has a name in the local language at all).

Vents Villers (asker) Feb 11, 2009:

To David Williams: Yes, Latin>Latvian community is too small for Latin>Latvian questions:)

David Williams Feb 11, 2009:

I presume you have looked for the latin name "Myriophyllum spicatum" in Latvian?