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[Taxacom] Fwd: Naming species to offend rival taxonomists

Jim Croft jim.croft at gmail.com
Thu Jan 12 21:02:31 CST 2012


And Taxacomer Neal Evenhuis would have to be among the worst (and by
worst I mean best), and is the primary impediment in combining the
plant and animal codes of nomenclature.

Zoology can never recover from Pieza rhea, and his Pieza deresistans,
Phthiria relativitae. :)

(Won't even go near Carmenelectra shechisme!)

On the other side, I think the Kiwi botanists have still not forgiven
Taxacomer Michael Heads for Hebejeebie. :)

jim

On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Robin Leech <releech at telus.net> wrote:
>
> In the entomology world, there are many entomologists who named species
> after their girlfriends, mistresses and such, usually as anagrams.

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