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[Paul Kirk]

I think Jim was using the word in the sense of a list that we could all agree on in terms of orthography of the name, author citation, place of effective publication (item of literature, page, year [month, day]), validity or otherwise, perhaps also typification.
 
Paul

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Dear Jim and others,
 
Who are these people and why should we encourage a 'definitive' list?
Definitive = decisive, unconditional, final, most authoritative. (Concise Oxford).
A definitive view or position would seem to be the antithesis of science.

 
Michael Heads
Wellington, New Zealand.

My papers on biogeography are at: http://tiny.cc/RiUE0


     
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