[Taxacom] proper use of "de" in a French name

[Paul van Rijckevorsel]

From: "Thompson, Chris" <Chris.Thompson at ars.usda.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 5:49 PM

>So, the real question is whether the Zoological Community is willing to pay
>the cost to do what the botanists have already done. That is, build a
>standard for the treatment of authors of zoological names. So, we can look
>up what is "right" and consistently follow it.

>That is not a simple, nor an easy task, but can be done. We are attempting
>it for names of Diptera and now with over 5,000 authors in our database I
>can say it is costly, difficult and slow. And we still not there ...

>Oh, well ...

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Most likely this is superfluous, but for anybody undertaking this it would 
be a good idea to read the introduction of the relevant book (Brummitt & 
Powell: Authors of Plant Names).

Paul