In a message dated 95-08-11 14:40:13 EDT, Thomas_R_HOLTZ@umail.umd.edu (th81) writes: > >That would no longer be correct: diacrtitical marks and "smushed letters" >are no longer valid in taxonomic nomenclature (and haven't been since the >1960s, I think). "Smushed letters" are known as ligatures. Typographer George