and I thought statutes made hard reading.... On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 5:39 PM, AW <awilson@avonia.com> wrote: > Well, the congress was held in Australia, a fitting place in which to > announce Acacia as the primary genus. It's name (from 1754) does at least > precede Senegalia and Racosperma by many years. > > Andrew > > 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/ >