On 2 Nov 2010, at 11:48, christopherwhitehouse@rhs.org.uk wrote: > A name either has a description, in which case it is validly published, or it > does not. Isn't there a provision that old epithets are considered "described" if they refer to a good illustration or a pre-Linnean verbal description? My memory of this may be wrong, but I recall it as a way of dealing with epithets published post-Linnaeus but before the ICBN had come into being with its many strictures. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada