[Taxacom] Question about labelling types

[Fred Schueler]

On 2/29/2016 6:57 PM, Scott Thomson wrote:
> I am curious here, other arguments aside. Is there a valid reason to set a
> lectotype? you cannot do it because you want to there needs to be a
> potential issue at hand. So what if they are syntypes, as long as they all
> represent the same species. I do not see a museum label saying holotype as
> an issue per se, I can see Stephens point that if you did feel the need to
> set a lectotype then the one labelled as holotype would be a reasonable
> choice, but first there must be a reason to do it.

* to have the thread come around and bite its own tail, might not the 
fact that a specimen is labelled 'holotype' and might have been so 
regarded, be a reason to designate it as the lectotype?

fred.
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