[Taxacom] The Index Kewensis we were once Proud of and The PlantList

[Gurcharan Singh]

I just have a simple question. Since while discussing taxa in a
publication, we mainly use accepted names, will it be alright if I use the
statement "Anagallis arvensis L. var. caerulea (L.) Gouan differes from
Anagallis arvensis L. subsp. foemina (Mill.) Schinz & Thell in following
characters................................................................"
, will it be alright for my *more expert scholars??*


Dr. Gurcharan Singh
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On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 11:55 AM, Curtis Clark <lists at curtisclark.org>
wrote:

> On 2014-09-13 8:54 AM, Gurcharan Singh wrote:
>
>> More so
>> if we have a subspecies foemina, we also need to have a subspecies
>> anagallis, and var. caerulea has to find place among any of these two, not
>> just a variety under the species. The example I have given defies all
>> rules
>> of botanical nomenclature.
>>
>
> I used to think that, too, but several years ago on Taxacom it was pointed
> out by several scholars more expert in the Code than I that placing a
> variety within a subspecies is a classification, not a name.
>
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