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

_______________________________________________
pbs mailing list
pbs@lists.ibiblio.org
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/