[Taxacom] Nomina nuda and genbank?

[Thomas G. Lammers]

At 11:36 AM 10/30/2009, Francisco Welter-Schultes wrote:
>The taxonomic standard of GenBank is not very high. We know cases
>where gene sequences were deposited under incorrect names because
>species were misidentified, it was not possible to correct the names
>afterwards. The taxonomic names used in GenBank cannot be
>modified or updated, even if new generic or specific classifications
>are unanimously accepted in the community.

Once again, the Emperor Has No Clothes ...



Thomas G. Lammers, Ph.D.

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Curator of the Neil A. Harriman Herbarium (OSH)
Department of Biology and Microbiology
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Plant systematics; classification, nomenclature,
evolution, and biogeography of the Campanulaceae s. lat.

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