[Taxacom] Wrongly named by scientists

[Tony.Rees at csiro.au]

Actually, I'm personally looking forward to scientists naming the next 3m species or so out there (or is it 10m?) - so much more fun to be had giving things wrong names on purpose, then generating some news events when correcting them...

Tony Rees
Manager, Divisional Data Centre,
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric?Research

-----Original Message-----
From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Jim Croft
Sent: Monday, 30 June 2008 11:49 PM
To: Mike Dallwitz
Cc: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Wrongly named by scientists

> The difference is that other scientists don't spend a large part of their
> time searching for, recording, analyzing, and republishing the mistakes of
> the past. We might see a similar news article if a research organisation
> makes a press release on advances in the chemistry of phlogiston.

And what's wrong with phlogiston?  For three decades I have been
claiming miasma on sick leave certificates and not once has it been
queried or challenged.  So it must be true.

jim

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