Use of the rank of forma

[Curtis Clark]

At 05:44 AM 10/2/00, Thomas Lammers wrote:
>There can be no more than one legitimate f. alba in any species (Art.
>54.3).    It is a non-problem.

Shows how little I work with forma--I hadn't a clue that this was true. Are
infraspecifics not thus hierarchic? If two different subspecies have white
flowers, and a type from one is designated f. alba, can white-flowered
specimens of the other legitimately be called f. alba, based on the same
type? (I realize they wouldn't have to be.)


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