Re: taxonomy, phylogeny and cultonomy

From: "Peter Boyce" p.boyce at rbgkew.org.uk> on 2001.06.27 at 15:47:36(6901) 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 +More ---------------------------- Peter Boyce Herbarium Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE Tel. (+44) (0)20 8 332 5207 fax. (+44) (0)20 8 332 5278 email: p.boyce@rbgkew.org.uk (work) boyce@pothos.demon.co.uk (home)

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