Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 09:14:55 -0400 From: Michael <chambe58@pilot.msu.edu> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2085$foo@default> Subject: Re: More on Nelson and Casper
At 05:02 AM 6/18/98 -0700, you wrote:
>
> Dear Jan, Juerg and Paul,
>
> >If these are to be considered as occasional albinos as they
> >occur in many violet plant species or if they should be
> >ranked as a forma is subject of individual viewpoints.
>
> So from this do I interpret that the 'rules' regarding
> naming such things are flexible enough to incorporate
> individual tastes?
No, I interpret the quoted athor was simply being polite. See T. F.
Stuessy's _Plant Taxonomy_ (1990) for guidelines on the delineation and
ranking of taxa.
Michael
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