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[Richard Morris <webmaster@pfaf.org>]

John Schinnerer wrote:

> Aloha,
>
>
> > Implementation wise, I've been thinking that the root plant object
> > would actually only be a unique set of identifiers such as botanical
> > name. ....  Anyway,
> > my question is what combination of nomenclature should we use to
> > identify a unique plant in the context of what will be the most useful
> > division to our users.
>
>
> There are complications with botanical names in some situations, such as
> bamboos - there are ongoing disagreements in some cases as to what the
> "correct" name is for a given bamboo.
> In other words even the experts don't agree on one name...I suppose you
> could include several and it would be found via any one of them?
Yes indeed. This is an inescapable thing and names will be changing for 
the forseable future. The way I'd get round things is to choose an 
"accepted name" which to the best of our knowledge is the most uptodate 
name and to have all the other names as synonyms. That way people can 
always find the plant given the name that they know.

        Rich

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