In defense of nomenclature

[Thomas Lammers]

At 03:01 PM 4/4/01 +0200, skala at incoma.cz wrote:

>rules of nomenclature should not shape taxonomic solutions;

Certainly.  Nomenclature is the handmaiden of taxonomy.  It follows from,
is dependent upon, taxonomy.  Until the taxonomy has been done, there is
nothing to name, thus, no nomenclature.




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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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