Especially easy trap to fall into since 'altispira' means high spired.
Allen Aigen  [log in to unmask]

On Sat, 30 Dec 2000 18:19:05 -0800 "Philip L. Poland"
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> Ack! I fell into the same trap lots of other folks are falling into -
> and I knew better!
> Melongena corona altispira Clench & Turner, 1956 is the name given
> to what Drs. Clench & Turner perceived to be an East Coast (Florida)
> subspecies of Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791). It was not a name
> given the high-spired forms that may occur in the M. c. complex.
> Problem is, the holotype of M. c. altispira (ANS 72490) just happens
> to be high-spired. This will forever confuse us all, I guess.