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[Lisa Thoerle <lthoerle@alumni.uchicago.edu>]

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!
>
> Linda
>
>
>  
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Lisa Thoerle, Little Compton, RI
lthoerle@alumni.uchicago.edu
lthoerle@cox.net




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Lisa Thoerle, Little Compton, RI
lthoerle@alumni.uchicago.edu
lthoerle@cox.net