Re: [Aroid-l] Botanical Nomenclature

From: Peter Boyce <phymatarum at googlemail.com> on 2009.07.18 at 07:26:25 HiMichael,   Theremost certainly is (are) several absolutes in Bot. Nom. There are a series ofrules about valid and effective publication. This is not the place to go into along explanation about the rules that govern taxonomists and systematists but fora flavour of what governs us take a look at: http://ibot.sav.sk/icbn/main.htm   Verybest   Peter       From: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com[mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Riley2362@aol.com Sent: 18 July 2009 01:10 To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Botanical Nomenclature   Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe there is anythingsuch thing as an ABSOLUTE in botanical nomenclature.  So the use of thewords "right, wrong, legal, illegal" are not really fitting. Botanists publish infromation in order to have their work recognized by thescientific community and this lends "validation" to their work, so inthe end, their names might be "recognized" or "accepted" as"more correct".  That is why data bases usually contain all publications,rather than a biased perspective that whoever compiled the database has ruledon the acceptance of any set of information.  Yes, it is confusing tohorticulturists who just want to put a name on a plant label, but the historyis informative to the evolution and classification of the plant material. What is more important than a plant name would be an accession number thatcorrelates to a time and place of collection.  Michael Riley   Can love help you live longer? Findout now. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01CA07BC.20C5F210----===============7541978992151774918==

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