[pleurothallid-l] Green Books Vol XXVIII
Lisa Thoerle
lthoerle at alumni.uchicago.edu
Fri Aug 11 14:26:41 EDT 2006
Linda (and others who dabble in this taxonomic stuff),
The new genera do seem to be morphologically tidy, and quite
natural, and perhaps monophyletic (although one doesn't say that without
DNA analysis these days). Dr. Luer's presentations are, as always, clear
and easy to understand, and this doubtless goes a long way towards
making divisions seem natural, at least to this reader's eye. The same
goes for the ten new segregates of Specklinia (also published in v 28).
Well, now I've given it ALL away. You'll just have to buy the book even
though I've ruined the suspense!
--Lisa
Linda Sedlacek wrote:
>Lucky us! In a way, I dread splitting up genera. You have to relearn
>so much information. Plus, the judges just cannot keep up, so you have
>to put two names on your plants. Of course, don't forget the mess with
>renaming hybrids. You have to reexamine the parentage and then figure
>out what genus/intergeneric you have.
>
>To be honest though, I love doing this stuff. I know ... I am a little
>sadistic. Of course, being a taxonomist myself (not in plants, but
>small crustaceans), means that I understand some of the reasoning behind
>it, and I sympathize completely with the way others look at them after a
>huge split like this one.
>
>I look forward to the read!
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>Linda
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Lisa Thoerle, Little Compton, RI
lthoerle at alumni.uchicago.edu
lthoerle at cox.net
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Lisa Thoerle, Little Compton, RI
lthoerle at alumni.uchicago.edu
lthoerle at cox.net
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