What's in a name ?

[Jean-Michel MAES]

Nice,

I think the main function of a scientific name is permit communication
between scientific people, as we can be certain we are speaking about the
same species. A name is nothing to do with phylogeny, it's only a name.

Jean-Michel MAES
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> I do not remember who to credit with this thought but I offer it as food
for
> thought anyway:
> "If you do not know the name, your knowledge of the thing perishes." --
this
> hasta be my shortest posting ever :-)
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