10 messages in edu.ku.nhm.mailman.taxacomHorrible keys
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Joseph LaferriereAug 28, 1995 8:52 am 
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From:D.R....@UKC.AC.UK (D.R.@UKC.AC.UK)
Date:Aug 29, 1995 11:10:30 am
List:edu.ku.nhm.mailman.taxacom

Any nominees for the prize of Most Useless Key Couplet Ever Published? Here's my choice:

Awns often deciduous .... Awns much more often deciduous ....

There is a little cited paper by Metcalf which (I recall) contains some similar examples, plus some advice on how to write `good' keys:

Metcalf, Z.P. (1954). The construction of keys. Systematic Zoology, 3:38-45.

David.

-- Dr David R. Morse, Email: D.R.Morse at ukc.ac.uk Computing Laboratory, Phone: (01227) 764000 extn 7571 University of Kent, Direct dial: (01227) 827571 Canterbury, Fax: (01227) 762811 Kent CT2 7NF. United Kingdom