Internet History is made!

[James H. Beach]

         First New Species Published on the Internet!
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Congratulations to Drs. Hammel and Grayum of the Missouri Botanical Garden
who have made history by being the first to formally publish new species
on the Internet.  This event should be recorded and remembered as a
groundbreaking act and one that would encourage the Nomenclatural
Commissions to recognize network servers as valid media for taxonomic
description.

What a better source than the Flora of Costa Rica, from a country that
is pioneering new protocols and practices for biodiversity exploration
and data dissemination.


J.H. Beach

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 17:46:44 -0600
From: Barry Hammel <bhammel at CATTLEYA.INBIO.AC.CR>
To: Multiple recipients of list TAXACOM <TAXACOM at cmsa.Berkeley.EDU>
Subject: The genus Tetranema (Scrophulariaceae) in Costa Rica

Continuing the theme about electronic publication--discussed at some length
here in October and November of last year--and for those who may not yet be
aware of what some of the possibilities of this format are, take a look (if
in or nearer Costa Rica) at

http://www.inbio.ac.cr/papers/Tetranema/tetpage.html

or (if in or nearer the U.S.) at

http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/Tetranem/tetpage.html

Barry Hammel
Associate Curator
Missouri Botanical Garden
(Resident in Costa Rica)