[Taxacom] Reproducibility of descriptive data

Pierre Deleporte pierre.deleporte at univ-rennes1.fr
Fri Sep 11 04:43:30 CDT 2009


and this sound judgement based on extensive experience and in-depth 
educated reflection is what allows Richard to serenely pick exactly the 
right anchor-type-specimen and tie it to exactly the right length of 
chain-taxonomic-concept of the proper optimal quality - always, no 
exceptions

(As has been convincingly argued on this list by Richard himself on multiple occasions over the years   :-)   )



Richard Pyle wrote:
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> In other words: A species is what a taxonomist says it is, and a good
> species is what a community of taxonomists say it is. (As has been echoed on
> this list by several different people on multiple occasions over the years).
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> Aloha,
> Rich
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> Richard L. Pyle, PhD
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