Nomenclature
You said "As to the classification IPNI is a nomenclatural database,
which means they
are listing botanical names, and a botanical name never has more than
three
parts (so Tillandsia usneoides var conspecta f. longissima is not a
name,
but a classification)."
I've never heard that a botanical name can have no more than 3 parts --
where did you find that information? I don't *think* it's in the code
that way.
IPNI designed their database so that no name would have more than 3
parts. Personally, I don't see how a 4-part name is "A Classification"
and a 3-part name isn't.
Susan, new to the group (well, I was here before google took them over)
PhD student in Botany
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