Genera with many species

[Thomas G. Lammers]

At 07:03 AM 9/26/2005, peter.stevens at MOBOT.ORG wrote:
>"Short of the death penalty, there will always be lumpers and
>splitters" (Davis and Heywood, p. 85).

On my first trip to Hawaii to study lobelioids, some wiseacre asked me if I
was a lumper or splitter.

I replied, "Neither ... I do it RIGHT!"

:-)




Thomas G. Lammers, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Curator of the Herbarium (OSH)
Department of Biology and Microbiology
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54901-8640 USA

e-mail:       lammers at uwosh.edu
phone:      920-424-1002
fax:           920-424-1101

Plant systematics; classification, nomenclature, evolution, and
biogeography of the Campanulaceae s. lat.

Webpages:
http://www.uwosh.edu/departments/biology/Lammers.htm
http://www.uwosh.edu/departments/biology/herbarium/herbarium.html
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Resort/7156/lammers.html
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