describing new spp in tabular form

[Joseph Kirkbride]

Jose Celestino Mutis validly published four species of Cinchona in
tabular format in a  small newspaper in 1793.  See the following for
full commentary and reproduction of the table:

Kirkbride, J.H., Jr.  1982.  The Cinchona species of Jose Celestino
Mutis.  Taxon 31(4): 693-697.

Joseph H. Kirkbride, Jr.
USDA, Agricultural Research Service
Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory
Room 304, Building 011A, BARC-West
Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2350 USA
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FAX: 301-504-5810
Internet: jkirkbri at asrr.arsusda.gov


On Fri, 2 Jan 1998, Donald Quicke wrote:

> Happy New Year Taxacomers,
>
> I was wandering, given that I have a large number of (insect) species to
> describe from the tropics as part of a generic revision, whether it is
> possible to do so largely in the form of a table, i.e., rather like a data
> matrix. The alternative traditional way of long hand sentences (even when
> written in a staccato style) will run to many, many pages.
>
> Although, I'm an entomologist, I'd be equally intersted to know if a
> tabular form of description was allowable in botanical nomenclature, albeit
> with Latin diagnoses appended.
>
> Dr Donald Quicke
> NERC Advanced Fellow in Taxonomy
> Department of Biology
> Imperial College at Silwood Park
> Ascot, Berks SL5 7PY
> U.K.
>
> Tel +44 (0)1344 294238
> Fax +44 (0)1344 294339
> e-mail  d.quicke at ic.ac.uk
>