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" <[log in to unmask]> writes: > 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.