On 30 Mar 2015, at 20:12, Jim McKenney wrote: > Those ranks imply (to me anyway) sexually reproducing populations. Your inference is incorrect. Keep firmly fixed in your mind the concept of "type specimen", the one specimen that is the authoritative example of a taxon. No one cares if it reproduces sexually or asexually. Or even if it reproduces at all, for that matter. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Z. 7-8, cool Mediterranean climate