15could provide an easily accessible repository for valid names. The establishment of
such a database is not feasible for a single or few collaborating taxonomists. The
literature that needs to be considered is at least partially diffi cult to access and writ-
ten in different languages, such as Chinese, English, German, and Russian.
Taxonomists working on Triticeae would be asked to share their knowledge by
completing a database like the International Plant Name Index database ( http://www.ipni.
org ). This would greatly facilitate the tracking and understanding of taxonomic
changes made in the past including access to all available information regarding a
given taxon.
Acknowledgements I thank Frank Blattner, Jonathan Brassac, Klaus Pistrick, and Hart Poskar
for valuable remarks and suggestions on the manuscript. The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
(DFG) fi nancially supported this work through grant number BL 462/10.
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