Hello, I am not able to access referenced PDFs right now, assuming it's authoritative enough. I hope it's not a prank, specially considering its name...
El 1/10/19 a les 17:46, Samuel Klein ha escrit: > From a Harvard biology list, via my friend Chris: a newly named species of > Viola <https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Viola_wikipedia>! > /SJ > > ====== Forwarded message ======= > > Many of you may use Wikipedia. > > > > Here is a plant name (*Viola Wikipedia*), which may be first name to honor > Wikipedia. > > > > Viola wikipedia J.M.Watson & A.R.Flores, Int. Rock Gard. 117: 47. 2019 > > P. 47: http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2019Sep261569525649IRG117.pdf > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.srgc.org.uk_logs_logdir_2019Sep261569525649IRG117.pdf&d=DwMGaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=DZmqtQRXyhOgqkztI2mO9VzZ8DCBvq1PIRFZAci7Tsc&m=QN0PfyGenvJvsBs0frndXDgnn6JpuVuNAekxhaopqDY&s=Rs2HOY64PqT09T_jorN-UQ-sYKpTsGk30n1uDSRparQ&e=> > > > > The authors gave a detailed explanation for their choice of the epithet > Wikipedia. > > > > “Etymology: We Watsons investigate and write up all our publications at > home. We are retired on small pensions, belong to no institution, and work > privately on a largely self-funded basis. In the past, we have visited the > herbaria and libraries at K and SGO regularly, and once or occasionally B, > CONC, LIL, MERL, P, SI, and ULS as well. But for various reasons we are > very seldom able to travel to any these days, and have only managed two > such visits in the last five years. So now, at the very apogee of our > 'publication era', we are totally dependent on our indispensable home > library and ... the Internet. Without the latter, we could literally > achieve nothing of scientific relevance. It provides information from such > a wide number of reference sources and personal contacts that it is > impossible to even begin to think about listing them all. However, one is > particularly outstanding in that we consult it constantly for information > on a wide variety of subjects related to our work - Wikipedia, as cited > herein for example. The best token return we can think of is to name a > plant accordingly, so it therefore gives us pleasure to record our > gratitude via the replacement epithet of this species, as a noun in > apposition.” > > -- Toni Hermoso Pulido Amical Wikimedia ------------------------- https://www.wikimedia.cat _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
