Me thinks any good taxonomist would be unhappy trying to be a diplomat.
Proper identification is not compromise.

My friend Guido Braem, a very learned but undiplomatic taxonomist, will love
that.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)