museum designations

[JOSEPH E. LAFERRIERE]

> What has the coining of well-known term "codon", got to do with "taxon"? --
>  "culton" is the term that WAS deliberately coined to parallel "taxon" (cf
> the references to _Taxon_ 44: 161-175 and _Hortax News_ 1(4): 9-22)

I thought this was perfectly obvious. In searching for
a term to use in referring to the museum designations, I was
trying to come up with one based on the word "code." The
word "Code" itself, although arguably appropriate would be ambiguous
because the same word is used to refer to the ICBN and ICZN.
"Codex," "coden," and "codon" also  have other meanings. "Codeine"
might be another possiblity, except that it is a chemical used
in cough syrup; "codium" is the name of a green alga. The only
parallel between "codon" and "taxon" is that they have the same
suffix.

Concerning "culton," may I humbly suggest that defining the
word might be easier than giving references to journals not all
of us have access to? I for one have no clue what it means, although
it sounds like either a synonym for "cultivar" or a member of
a small, unorthodox religious sect. There is no copy of Taxon
within 30 km of my current location.

--
Dr. Joseph E. Laferriere
"Computito ergo sum ...  I link therefore I am."