Are Classification Schemes and The Rules That Govern the Naming of Plants Really Necessary?
The Curtis Gates Lloyd Story. You can see then that there is some disagreement as to the proper classification of Organisms into kingdoms, and revisions are constantly being made as to the regulations in the naming of plants species as well as other categories. Furthermore, there are few botanists that know, in detail, or even understand what is in the ICBN. Most botanists agree that we cannot do without these rules and regulations, but there are also many who wonder why species names must change just because it conflicts with the ICBN and question the need for such a document, or even the existence of taxonomy as a discipline within biology. One of the most well known critic of the ICBN was Curtis Gates Lloyd (Fig. 10). The story of his opinion on this subject and what he did about it makes for another amusing story.
