Use of the rank of forma

[Thomas Lammers]

At 09:15 PM 10/1/00 -0700, you wrote:

>How do they distinguish between the formae alba in different subspecies?

Given the true nature of an infraspecific name (Art. 24.1), there *cannot*
legitimately be f. albas under different subspecies of a species (Art. 53.4).
Thomas G. Lammers, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor and Curator of the Herbarium (OSH)
Department of Biology and Microbiology
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
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Plant systematics; classification, nomenclature, evolution, and
biogeography of the Campanulaceae s. lat.
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