More on Hennig and Rosa

[John Grehan]

Some further English translation on Hennig and Rosa from Croizat (1976) for
those who are interested in such matters. The fact that Hennig has not
cited Croizat while knowing about
the work at least provides a parallel to the possibility that he treated
Rosa the same way -
the lack of direct evidence notwithstanding.

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Haré, antes de deponer la pluma, un último reparo. Hennig no cita a autores
quienes no convengan a sus fines. Es palmarion que su obra mucho debe a la
influencia de Rosa y su Ologenesi (1918; ver Fig. 164 A, 165, 166); mas de
Rosa Hennig no cita sino un viejo artículo, 1899-1903, vertido del italiano
al alemán. Colesi en una reseña titulada Filogenesi e Sistematica (1956)
subraya en forma del todo amistosa para Hennig la coincidencia de ciertas
ideas entre Rosa y Hennig (op. cit. p. 797, 815, 822), y ventila materias
de indudable interés mayor para el autor de una "Sistemática Filogenética",
1966-1968; mas Hennig no le menciona. Kiriakoff - quien cita Hennig por lo
menos una vez - capta de inmediato el nexo entre la (pan)biogeografía de
Croizat y la filogenía; mas Hennig no cita en absoluto a Croizat, ya que
que - por que lo quien esto escribe oyó de fuente autorizada - Hennig no
tuvo !lástima! el tiempo de leer ni una de las miles de páginas divulgadas
en inglés y francés po el "Tío de Caracas".

I will do, before I put down the ink pen, a last objection. Hennig does not
cite authors that do not convey his final goals. It is clear that that his
work is in great debt to the influence of Rosa and his Ologenesis (1918;
see Fig.164A, 165, 166); but Hennig does not cite of Rosa except for an old
paper, 1899-1903, translated from Italian to German. Colesi in a review
titled Filogenesi e Sistematica (1956) underlines in a totally friendly way
for Hennig the coincidence of certain ideas between Rosa and Hennig
(op.cit.p.797,815,822), and discusses or airs subjects of undoubtably major
interest for the author of a "Sistemática Filogenética", 1966-1968; but
Hennig does not mention him. Kiriakoff - who cites Hennig at least once -
realizes inmediately the link between the Croizat´s (pan)biogeografica and
phylogeny; but Hennig does not cite Croizat at all, because - who writes
this heard from an authorized source - Hennig did not have (pity!) time to
read not even one of the thousand pages in English and French by the
"Caracas guy".