[Taxacom] a banned list of the 200 worst uses of jargon, .... "taxonomy" among the worst horrors.

[Thomas G. Lammers]

Reading the article, the authors of the list seem to have confused several 
things under the general label of "gobbledygook".  One is the use of words 
beyond the grade-school vocabulary.  Another is the use of cliched phrases 
and slang.  And a third is an air of pretentiousness.  If the last two were 
eliminated, the first, by itself, would seldom present a problem, if used 
in moderation.
Thomas G. Lammers, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Curator of the Herbarium (OSH)
Department of Biology and Microbiology
800 Algoma Blvd.
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54901-8640 USA

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Plant systematics; classification, nomenclature, evolution, and 
biogeography of the Campanulaceae s. lat.

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