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Old 25-03-2008, 02:59 PM
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The thing that annoys me is that although a name can't be used twice:
A plant was named Rosa chinensis, that was found in some Chinese garden, but no-one has found it since. So you can't have another R. chinensis.
(they had to call the obvious contender R. c. spontanea, or something)
However they can change anything already named and do so all the time.
Where have all the Crucifers, Ombellifers or Composites gone? And, by nature, all taxonomists (sp?) are splitters!!
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