"Jeff Layman" wrote in message
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On 13/01/2014 16:01, David Hill wrote:
Interesting article about the above.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/4616/

Nothing particularly unusual - it's going on all over the plant taxonomy
world.

For example, in Australia, it is proposed that "Acacia" will become
"Racosperma", and "Dryandra" will disappear - they will now be "Banksia".

About 40 years ago I remember reading a controversial article (possible
from the American journal "Science"), which, IIRC, basically argued that
flora were unsuited to the sort of taxonomical classification which worked
well for fauna.

Bit like doing away with the term 'variety' in chrysanthemums and replacing
it with the term 'cultivar'. Conveniently removes God from the plant
breeding process.

Phil