[Taxacom] Picobiliphyta?

[Thomas Lammers]

----- Original Message -----
From: Ken Kinman <kinman at hotmail.com>

>But first, I have to say that I  think this is a REALLY bad name.  Either way, the name Picobiliphyta is very 
misleading.  If they are related to cryptophytes (which would not surprise me at all), I  wouldn't object to the name "Picocryptophyta".  That would be a more accurate name and would not be misleading.<

Y'know, it's JUST a name.  Just a handle by which to call it.  It doesn't have to MEAN anything.  As long as it conforms to the Code (which has pretty minimal requirements at this rank), it's a "good" name.  

It could as well be called the Hillbiliophyta.  Or the Kinmaniophyta.  It's just a word, whose meaning is irrelevant to the thing designated.  

I will say that my consistency hobgoblin would be happier if names of *all* ranks were based on a generic name: Magnoliophyta instead of Anthophyta, Polypodiophyta instead of Pteridophyta, etc.  But that's just me.

Tom Lammers