[Taxacom] Nothogagaceae

[Frederick W. Schueler]

On 01/06/2018 4:45 AM, Rob Smissen wrote:

> I am interested in hearing considered views by botanists (or others) negatively effected by splitting Nothofagus. I do have an open mind, and I think the underlying issues are useful for the taxonomic community.

* well, as a Northern Hemisphere herpetologist who knows of Nothofagus 
only as a cool pangonwandaphytic phenomenon, I can just say that some 
traditional genera are well known to be more inclusive than other genera 
in their families, and if we can stand having Bufo and Rana riven into 
unpronounceable polysyllabic fragments, botanists and paleobotanists 
should be able to gag down (as per the subject line) a clearer 
understanding of their Nothofags.

The interesting question here, which may just be interesting to me out 
of ignorance, is nomenclature for fossils where there may be a well 
defined species, but no way to say which genus in a subfamily the 
species may be in. Is there a formal notation for a species that's 
incertae sedis among genera?

fred.
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