[Taxacom] species -group (was Asterales)

[Adam Cotton]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr Brian Taylor" <dr.brian.taylor at ntlworld.com>
To: "Curtis Clark" <lists at curtisclark.org>; <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 2:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Asterales


> Who cares and why?  I too learnt Latin at school but nobody knows how 
> Latin
> was spoken.  Surely it is only correct spelling that matters?  This seems
> typical of Code pedantry.  I note nobody replied when I asked what is a
> species-group other than a species??
>
> Brian Taylor
>
>


Under the ICZN Code the species-group refers to all names described at 
species or subspecies level. Names described at a level lower than 
subspecies (quadrinomials, aberrations, forms or varieties and names clearly 
described as within a subspecies) are infrasubspecific, not governed by the 
ICZN Code and thus unavailable. Names described above the species level are 
governed by the rules for the genus-group.

Apologies for being unable to comment on the other Codes, as I am not 
familiar with those.

Adam Cotton.

PS. I agree that really it is only correct spelling that matters, as Latin 
is a written language and the main focus of nomenclature is to standardize 
names in writing rather than worry about whether people understand each 
other's pronunciation. The ICZN Code does not govern pronounciation.