[Carry_Okie]

Let the cards fall where they may as science un-ravels the many mysteries. So much to learn, un-learn, and revise.

Bingo. Dumping this stupid model would be the greatest boon to botany since Mendel. People might actually start studying specimens in situ for what they are and how they behave, instead of what they resemble, whether you can name it after yourself, and if you can get a grant to "protect" it.

[Marine_Uncle]

"People might actually start studying specimens in situ for what they are and how they behave, instead of what they resemble, whether you can name it after yourself, and if you can get a grant to "protect" it."
Well put and appreciated. Human pride and selfserving personal goals often override what many are lead to believe is the primary goal of scientific research, e.g. establishing a true state of things.