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