Don't know why you keep picking on the late Ted Anderson. He was simply
following the IOC Cactaceae Working Committee recommendations. He was not
the originator of the system he followed, sonny boy.

You are wrong about Argentine botanist Domingo Parodi. Are you going to pick
on Carlos Spegazzini next for being an Italian botanist living in Argentina?

At least you are consistently wrong!!!

In the words of the great William Schatner: "Get A Life!!!"

Maybe some day you will find your peace with God but one suspects with your
attitude you may wind up going to that other place instead and never get the
opportunity.


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Get with the program, Parody boy!!!

Obviously, you have never seen Jerry Barad's collection. He has most, if
not all, the Parodia and then some.

You lame attitude is why I call it the Parody cactus.

The genus was actually named for Argentine botanist Domingo Parodi but
the attitude of certain individuals who specialize in the genus "sensu
stricto" has been so laughable that the common name is an appropriate
one. Parodia just happens to be Spanish for "parody" anyway!

Any supposed distinction between Parodia and Notocactus is so blurred by
intermediate taxa such as Eriocactus, Brasilicactus, Brasiliparodia and
Wigginsia that any real generic distinction does not exist. DNA studies
support they all be included in a single genus. According to you, the
Creator must be an idiot too!!!!

On the other hand, Blossfeldia not only should not be included in
Parodia, it has recently been given its own subfamily!!!

Weingartia is now included in Rebutia but that's another story.

Congratulations .. you've been diagnosed with acute Andersonitis .. But
your knowledge is marginal so it seems D Parodi was from Paraguay not
Argentina so don't try to show off with this pseudo knowledge propagated
by IOS members that can't make it any further than statements such as "..
unfortunately there is no practical means to make a distinction between
Notocactus and Parodia ..", they must have been drugged OTOH of course no
one should touch their own pet genera because the cannot be lumped of
course, they should be left alone for the same "practical" reasons,
taxonomy by double standards, cute ! .... The conducted DNA studies
plainly stink but that will be ******** to the IOS boys pushing this kind
of pseudo-sci nonsense, the levels of DNA homology the studies? are based
on are just laughable, no serious molecular biologist believes what is put
forward there except maybe those that are desperate for grant money ....
and yeah another such BS .. Weingartia is now Rebutia .. big deal, the
idiots keep roaming around, no evidence at all, same mediocre sort of
"research" .. obviously there is nothing you can teach us as all this has
been known from before you were even born .. I've read this type of
taxonomic newspeak crap over & over by people that would not even
recognise a Parodia if they tripped over it .. The pride of pushed
Kattermanisation ROTFL .. I suggest you make another taxonomic adjustment
and put Cereus validus as a synonim to Cereus brainwashidus ... the new
taxonomy is purely cosmetic and academic, but have a close look in what
journals it gets published .. your best bet is the Cactus Consensus
Initiatives ... and that's it so don't come with this newspeak crap, it is
worthless
This kind of braindead lumping, devoid of any critical sense & based on
publication drift that's what I call a lame attitude.
... and good for Jerry Barad, maybe he can get the ones he's missing from
me, and a large number habitat forms beyond that too .. all the rest I'm
not interested in, I've seen/heard it a million times before, so you can
produce all the hot air you feel fit to ..