1) Any name used before a plant is officially described is
simply invalid. Full stop.
2) There is no such thing as a *validating protologue*
3) Plants must be described according to the International
Code of Botanical Naomenclature.
4) These *rules* are neither simple, straightforward nor
transparent. They are very ambiguou and extremely compli-
cated. That is why quite a number of so-called publications
are simply invalid.
5) In addition to that are most of these *rules* not anything
but suggestions that can be taken serious or not.
On top of that, certain decisions have been taken at the last
congress that make some of these rules rather absurd.
As a professional plant taxonomist, I would advise anyone who
wants to get into the *game* of describing new taxa to be
very careful and at least at the beginning, seek the advise og
I mean of- an experienced taxonomist. There are enough
synonyms about, the majority originating from people who
did not take taxonomy serious enough.
More later if required. But one last point for today. Before
you describe anything, make sure it is new!!!!!
Regards to all,
Guido