Maximum Taxon names within a single Parent

[Robin Leech]

And what about the genus Acacia?
And I am sure that Gramineae, Compositae and Leguminosae must each have more
than 256 genera.
Robin Leech
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nozomi Ytow" <nozomi at BIOL.TSUKUBA.AC.JP>
To: <TAXACOM at USOBI.ORG>
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: Maximum Taxon names within a single Parent


> Dear Rich,
>
> > Are there any genera with more
> > than 256 species, where such species are not routinely divided into sets
of
> > subgenera
>
> How about Eucalyptus?
>
> > The question relates to a schema-level decision I need to make for a
> > taxon-name database I'm currently refining.
>
> I'm VERY interested...
>
> Cheers,
> James
>
> --
> Dr. Nozomi "James" Ytow
> Institute of Biological Sciences / Gene research center
> University of Tsukuba
> Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572
> Japan
>