Primary types in private collections

[Adolf Ceska]

Bill Shear wrote:

> Trying to return the discussion once more to the original thread--
Does
> anyone out there think that primary types belong in private
collections?

I don' know what about the ICZN, but the International Code of Botanical
Nomenclature says:

QUOTE
Recommendation 7A

7A.1. It is strongly recommended that the material on which the name of
a taxon is based, especially the holotype, be deposited in a public
herbarium or other public collection with a policy of giving bona fide
botanists open access to deposited material, and that it be scrupulously
conserved.
END OF QUOTE

Who would disagree with this?

ADOLF Ceska, Victoria, B.C., Canada