A. saxatile vs. A. odoratum

[Wilbert Hetterscheid]

>Wilbert:

Tony,

>        Touche!   So, a nursery person uses the name Arisaema wumengense
for the
>Chen Yi specimen in a catalog, does it not then invalidate this name if it
>has indeed not been validly published previously?

Not immediately, no, because the requirements for correctly publishing a
name are more complex than a mere citation in a catalogue. But in order not
to strain the whole issue, I'd advise the author of the catalogue to
identify the plants as "Arisaema sp. (?new species)", or something similar.

Would this be the same
>case in an internet catalog?

Same as above. I think that right now, even publsihing a new species on
internet following correct rules, is in itself not yet accepted as a proper
procedure. It still has to be printed matter, as far as I know.

How is this addressed by the Botanical Code.

See above but there will be a new Code next year, following the decisions of
the St. Louis Botanical Congress a few months ago.

Cheers,
Wilbert

>Thanks in advance for a taxonomic education.

Ooooh, you silly boy! You're such a good cover-up artist.....

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