[Taxacom] species -group (was Asterales)

[Dr Brian Taylor]

Thank you folks.  A little clarity.  The ant people who consider my attempts
at publication follow Wilson & Brown (1953) and accept nothing below the
binomial, i.e. the species.  Perhaps that is because they, Wilson & Brown,
were inexperienced and a little naive.  I wonder what E O Wilson thinks now?

Brian


On 14/03/2012 08:25, "Adam Cotton" <adamcot at cscoms.com> wrote:

> ----- 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.
> 
> 
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