Re: Names & tangles

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• To: m*@ucdavis.edu
• Subject: Re: Names & tangles
• From: G* K* <g*@trump.net.au>
• Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 17:17:51 +1000
• References: <224017F5F0A0D011B6B60060972CF1B2A97EF7@agspsrv01.agric.wa.gov.au>

Perhaps we should leave the naming to the computers - I still call Iris
stylosa Iris stylosa - no computer would call such a welcome and
beautiful winter flower unguicularis, computers wouldn't be so cruel

Randall, Rod wrote:
> 
> > Oy vey!
> > I *love* this list.
> >
> > Deborah
> >
> >
> I have to agree with Deborahs comment!
> 
> and while we are on the subject of nomeclature
> please don't blame botanists or taxonomists for
> all this confusion.
> Just think how many species there are out there
> many still unnamed, and many present over very wide ranges
> where they may look very different from one location to another.
> Its not suprising that the same species could be named independently
> by several different people and this not picked up until someone revises
> the
> Genus or Family (maybe a hundred years later)
> And of course there are only so many names to use,
> you should check of course that the name hasn't been used before
> but....  thats life!
> 
> In this modern age of electronic information exchange while the data may
> be
> coming at you quicker and more of it its still about the same ratio of
> rubbish
> to usefull stuff  99 to 1 I reckon!    :-)
> 
> rod
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> > ----------
> > From:         DLind33333@aol.com
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> > Sent:         Tuesday, 28 July 1998 1:05 PM
> > To:   medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> > Subject:      Re:  Eugenia name tangle
> >
> >
> >

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    • From: "Randall, Rod" <RPRandall@sp.agric.wa.gov.au>

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