Thanks Rodger; I was about to write the same! Cheers and the best of good wishes for all over the Holiday Season. John E. bryan Rodger Whitlock wrote: > > On 14 Dec 05 at 9:51, Rachel Saunders wrote: > > > All Albucas are now Ornithogalums - it has been published. > > A reminder that such a name change is NOT legislation and you are NOT required to > follow it. The names have been validly published in Albuca and those combinations > remain valid. > > Publication of a botanical name or re-name isn't like Moses coming down from Mt. Sinai > with the tablets of the law. > > The proof of the pudding is whether the botanical community, in its infinite wisdom, > ultimately adopts the proposed generic reassignment, but even then the older names in > Albuca are still valid. > -- > Rodger Whitlock > Victoria, British Columbia, Canada > Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate > > on beautiful Vancouver Island > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php