[PCA] Articles: Species count as of 2009 & Revised rules for botanical taxonomy

[Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov]

Inventory Lists 19,232 Newly Discovered Species During Latest Count
ScienceDaily (Jan. 18, 2012) ? More than half of the 19,232 species newly 
known to science in 2009, the most recent calendar year of compilation, 
were insects -- 9,738 or 50.6 percent -- according to the 2011 State of 
Observed Species (SOS) report released Jan. 18 by the International 
Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University.
Full story: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120118173248.htm

Revised Rules for botanical taxonomy take effect
09 Jan 2012 | Posted by Brian Owens | Category:  Biology & Biotechnology, 
Lab life
Since Linnaean taxonomy took hold in the eighteenth century, Latin has 
been the lingua franca of botany. In addition to designating the names of 
ranked genus and subspecies in Latin, botanists have also used the 
language to describe new taxa.
Full story: 
http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/01/revised-rules-for-botanical-taxonomy-take-effect.html

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Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.
Botanist, Division of Scientific Authority-US Fish & Wildlife Service
Chair, Medicinal Plant Working Group-Plant Conservation Alliance
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