[Taxacom] Race and taxonomy

[Paul J. Morris]

> > I have always followed Ernst Mayr's lead when discussing the
> > concept of race from a taxonomic perspective: "The typological
> > concept of race is thoroughly odious; the statistically defined
> > race of the botanist and zoologist is a fact of nature."

In the light of Poly Winsor's recent work, this sounds more to me
like Mayr using racism as a rhetorical instrument against the
morphological species concept than as statement about the biology of
race.

See, for example, Winsor, M.P. 2006. Linnaeus's biology was not
Essentialist.  Ann.Missori.Bot.Gard.93:2-7.

-Paul
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Paul J. Morris
Biodiversity Informatics Manager
Harvard University Herbaria/Museum of Comparative Zoölogy
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