names for sale

Thu Mar 28 13:34:09 CST 1996

On Thu, 28 Mar 1996, Margaret Thayer wrote:

> In response to:
> >>... He could make more money if his specimens represented
> >>new names, so he started his own journal to publish hundreds of new names.
>
> Robin Panza said:
> >However, we now require peer review for validity of a name ...
>           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Could you explain what you mean by this?  The zoological Code has no such
> requirement.
>
> Margaret K. Thayer      thayer at fmnh.org
> Adjunct Curator
> Field Museum of Natural History - Zoology, Insects
> Roosevelt Road @ Lake Shore Drive
> Chicago IL 60605, USA   tel. 312-922-9410, ext. 838   fax 312-663-5397
>
Neither does the botanical code.
F.J. Peabody