Rankless English orthography

[Philip Cantino]

>Dr. Gurcharan Singh wrote:
>
>> It will be more appropriate to use the expression "The family Rosaceae
>is........"


Mark Garland asked:
>
>What do you say if you get rid of ranks?  "The real historical lineage
>Rosaceae is.."?
>


The clade Rosaceae is....



Philip D. Cantino
Department of Environmental and Plant Biology
Ohio University
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