Sorry to come over so strong, but there is too much of this going around. It
is as you say done by a select group of zoologists and they are very
agressive about it. Botanists with same scientific basis (actually a better
one) are much more balanced in what they say and more careful with historic
facts.

The introduction to this topic for botanists is the
_Plant_Systematics._A_phylogenetic_approach_
which was mentioned here a few times. Now in its second edition (2002).
Although not entirely free of error this is regarded as pretty good.

PvR

c.mcculloch schreef
Wow! No, it is none of those, although there may be flaws. As for rants -
well, I bow to you as the expert.
Colin

"P van Rijckevorsel" wrote
Was there a question to go along with this?
This is pretty old news, demagogical rants, flaws and all.
PvR

c.mcculloch schreef
Forgot you can't send attachmentsto this group. The article is pretty
long, but these three paragraphs give the general flavour:

Colin