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>It may not make sense that families should take a plural verb. Perhaps it is
somewhat arbitrary that taxa at family level and above should take a pl. verb,
while those below take a singular one.<
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I think this division actually does make sense since Latin names of genera are
singular whereas family names are plural.


Stefan Koenemann
Old Dominion University
Dept. of Biological Sciences
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