ICBN nomenclature of Hieracium

[Curtis Clark]

At 03:30 2002-05-07, Zdenek wrote:
>In such a case, neotypification in the lines of the "current use" (as much
>as possible and not contradicting the protologue of course) is the best
>solution, IMHO.

I agree. "Best practice" has always been to choose a neotype that
reinforces existing usage, all other things being equal. I think Prof.
Sennikov is putting too much weight on the fact that Fries collected the
specimen, but any student of a genus such as Hieracium will naturally favor
the collection of unusual and difficult-to-determine specimens.


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