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  Re: [Aroid-l] Pseudodracontium - RIP?
From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" <hetter at xs4all.nl> on 2010.05.08 at 10:06:48(21042)
Hi Marek,

An interesting suggestion: logic and botanical nomenclature in one system. I
wish you could arrange this and save us from every 5 years changing the
nomenclature code and spending expensive hours of scientists in debating
hundreds of amendmends at expensive congresses as a hobby. It is becoming a
(pseudo-)science in itself to change the code and many, many, many illogical
things are in there and unworkable complex solutions for one or two
nomenclatural occurrences in the plant kingdom (whatever that may be these
days..........). The ICNCP is like a computer programma that must fit the
needs of way too many people. Every programmer knows what that ledas
to....... Democracy at its worst.

Having moped enough: believe me, the rules force us to use
Thomsonieae............. Although the genus name Thomsonia is now part of
Amorphophallus, the name itself was legitimately published and the the
derived name Thomsonieae the oldest and correct one for the tribe. Whether
Thomsonia itself is used or not is beside the point (I know, sounds very
counterintuitive..........).

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