Banana leaf canna nomenclature question
totototo@telus.net (Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:50:55 PDT)

On 2 Nov 2010, at 11:48, christopherwhitehouse@rhs.org.uk wrote:

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.

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Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada