Chrysanthemum breeders are a proud and numerous lot, and they protested to the real-if-improbable-sounding Committee on Spermatophyta. (There are also committees for Pteridophyta, Bryophyta and Fungi, among others, all reporting to an executive called the Rapporteur-Général; this is truly an institution to cherish.) Although the rules of nomenclature are supposed to be rigidly applied, botanists are not indifferent to sentiment, and in 1995 the decision was reversed.
