"Botanical tradition"

[Laurie Adams]

Dear Taxacomers,

Is there anyone out there who can define what the Code (Tokyo, Art. 62.
Gender of generic names) means when it talks about "botanical tradition"?
Nowhere is there any attempt to clearly define it, and I'm unable to infer
it from the text!
Laurence G. Adams, Hon. Research Fellow
c/- Australian National Herbarium
Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research
GPO Box 1600
Canberra, ACT 2601
Telephone: (02) 62465123
Fax: (02) 62465249
E-mail: l.adams at pi.csiro.au