Paige, we appreciate these tidbits from the rarefied atmosphere of high science.... Please keep them coming. -Cynthia Mueller Sent from my iPhone On Aug 10, 2011, at 1:03 AM, "Pacific Rim" <paige@hillkeep.ca> wrote: > There is a lot more to stimulate you on the website of last month's > International Botanical Congress at http://www.ibc2011.com/. I recommend the > program and the abstracts. Amid the blitherers there are thinkers; one can > also recognize trends, fads, cabals, life forms reporting in from outer > space and what may be pure static. > > If possible even more gripping is the final summary of proposals to amend > the code for naming plants, which appeared in the journal Taxon for February > 2011: http://botanik.univie.ac.at/iapt/downloads/… . If you > need a good laugh -- or a good cry -- read Article 51, on what shall become > of the polyphyletic genus Acacia. Much more has been published on this topic > but I will spare you. > > xo to all > > Paige > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pacific Rim" <paige@hillkeep.ca> > To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 2:01 PM > Subject: Nomenclature changes, was Publishing taxa in Latin and in print > > >> The International Code of Botanical Nomenclature is no more. Instead we >> have >> the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. >> > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >