Hopefully with base pair sequencing these issues should go away > Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 12:20:44 -0700 > From: piabinha@yahoo.com > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Subject: [pbs] help with a name > > i heard that there's a botanist that is quite prolific at describing "new" species of amaryllids, even when they are just variants of the same species. i guess he just likes to see his name published. > > it reminds me of how biologists need to be careful in using external characteristics to differentiate taxa, such as color. or in erecting new genera with a descriptive that may not apply to all species. for example, the fish Melanotaenia, a common aquaria subject. meaning "black stripe", it doesn't apply to all species in the genus. > > > ========= > tsuh yang > > > > Creating a new genus for a > > different color is ridiculous. As things are, Pyrolirion is > > a valid genus separated from Zephyranthes/Cooperia/Haylockia > > and Habranthus. > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/