new combination?

[Una Smith]

Andy Deans <adeans at life.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>A species is described in genus X in 1900, then transfered to genus Q in
>1905.  Someone wrongly (in my opinion) transfers this species back to genus
>X in 1912.  Now I want to reassign it to genus Q again.

It sounds like Andy may be a zoologist.  A botanist would simply
accept the 1905 name, refering to the species as Q species (1905
author).  A zoologist would cite the most recent other taxonomic
publication that touched on this species, and make a note of yet
another "transfer".  Here I prefer the botanical convention.

        Una Smith

Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS K-710, Los Alamos, NM  87545