Biodiversity science: transformations in botanical taxonomy

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Nature news article on changes to the rules governing taxonomy in botany - the International Botanical Congress is in session and has agreed to radical changes in allowing electronic publication, provoked by Sandy Knapp.  A more minor, but interesting, change is agreement that descriptions and diagnoses may be published in either Latin or English - not only in Latin.

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