Dear Ron When we use the term accepted/correct name, it automatically implies that it is a legitimate name, and its mention becomes redundant. You will never, as such find the two being used together.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Ron_Convolvulaceae <[email protected]>wrote: > > > On Wednesday, March 14, 2012 9:03:15 AM UTC-4, Balkar wrote: > >> I've shared Convolvulaceae week: Ipomoea dichroa canal bank Sutana and >> Thermal<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hZXFJjEHS_qgTTshoSi4RiauhuTkxwuny4XoxCni9ys/edit> >> - >> tracked<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hZXFJjEHS_qgTTshoSi4RiauhuTkxwuny4XoxCni9ys/edit> >> >> > > Gurcharan ji, > > Thank you for your clarification here as stated : > > > "There is nothing like accepted legitimate name. Any name is legitimate > which has been published according to the rules of nomenclature and can be > considered while deciding the correct/accepted name. There can be many > legitimate name for a taxon, but only one correct/accepted name. All rest > of names legitimate as well as illegitimate ones are its synonyms." > > > I must wonder about the reasoning involved that "legitimate accepted" > name should not be used together, because in order for any accepted name to > be accepted , it must have been published and therefore legitimate. > > Are you taking a position that ,once a name *becomes accepted* that it (*by > virtue of becoming accepted*) *looses status as 'legitimate'* (?) and so > combination of "accepted legitimate" is an error of nomenclatural > terminology ?...is legitimate ' implied ' in accepted and therefore > redundant ? > > Please clarify... > > regards, > > Ron > >
