[Taxacom] Sale: immortal names

[Adolf Ceska]

My friend, lichenologist, was offering new names of lichens for sale already about ten years ago. Today I asked him how many names he sold and how much he had to pay for the genus name named after him. Nomina honorifica should not be for sale!
Adolf Ceska, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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From: Taxacom [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Daniel Janzen
Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2015 11:44 AM
To: Dennis During
Cc: gread at actrix.gen.nz; Taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Sale: immortal names

Then do it.

On Jul 2, 2015, at 11:18 AM, Dennis During <dcduring at gmail.com> wrote:

> I could get a binary star named for just $50 here 
> <http://www.star-registration.com/order/>.
> 
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 1:14 AM, Geoff Read <gread at actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Funding taxonomy endeavours via Ebay auction of naming rights.
>> 
>> Yes, as reported in Nature today, doi:10.1038/523035a.
>> 
>> http://go.nature.com/ziq152  (opens at Ebay)
>> 
>> Looks like the workers might be in the realm of Platyhelminthology.
>> 
>> 
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>> Wellington, NEW ZEALAND
>> gread at actrix.gen.nz
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