FW: X Triticale

[Wilbert Hetterscheid]

> If x Triticale is a man-made hybrid, it can only contain cultivars at
> most, not "species" in any relevant sense. We should not bother to
> create binomials for hybrids of man-made origin (see International
> Code for Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants, and relevant papers on the
> taxon-culton discussion). The intention of creating hybrids by man is
> to "create" artificial diversity to satisfy needs (ornamental plants,
> food crops etc.). Species play a role as "carriers" of evolutionary
> diversity/history. That's a different realm. Let's use the proper
> "language" for it, not compulsory that of ICBN to the full (Latin
> binomials) and confuse matters.
>
> Wilbert Hetterscheid
> ICNCP, secretary
>
>
>
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> From:         MANMEET SINGH[SMTP:singhm at GIASDLA.VSNL.NET.IN]
> Reply To:     MANMEET SINGH
> Sent:         vrijdag 19 februari 1999 11:49
> To:   Multiple recipients of list TAXACOM
> Subject:      X  Triticale
>
> Dear Colleagues
>
> We frequently hear and teach "All supraspecific taxa are artifacts and
> not
> biological entities. Every organism should have a specific or
> infraspecific name". When lecturing about names of hybrids I submit to
> my
> strudents my inability to find a binomial under X Triticale (the
> hybrid
> genus most people seem to know too well from books on genetics) and
> always
> give them alternate binomials such as X Agropopogn lutosus  as an
> exampleof intergeneric hybrid.
>
>   My question is: do we have a binomial under X Triticale and if not
> how
> do we justify the situation.
>
>
>
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