Re: taxonomy, phylogeny and cultonomy
- Subject: Re: taxonomy, phylogeny and cultonomy
- From: P* B*
- Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 10:47:36 -0500 (CDT)
Hi Steve
I sympathize (to an extent) in that 'our' system can be tricky to
master, but we do follow the rules (International Code of Botanical
Nomenclature) and are (mostly successfully) self-regulating.
Sadly (as Wilbert and many more, I am sure, will attest), some of
the MOST awful botanical naming blunders are those published by
enthusiastic 'amateur systematist-hortculturists' . If anyone out
there is into cacti, or orchids, they will no only too well just what a
hash has been made of the naming by these folks.
Pete
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Peter Boyce
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Richmond, Surrey
TW9 3AE
Tel. (+44) (0)20 8 332 5207
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