TITLE:
Groundless Research Published on the International Journal of Plant Sciences
AUTHORS:
Xin Wang
KEYWORDS:
Hedyflora, Self-Contradiction, Botany, Science, Art
JOURNAL NAME:
Voice of the Publisher,
Vol.6 No.4,
November
27,
2020
ABSTRACT: Two recent publications from
basically the same authors challenge the intelligence and wisdom of all
botanists. The conflict between Friis et al. and Herendeen et al. defies all people
in favor of Friis et al.: Friis, Crane and Pedersen are fighting against
themselves. Taking either side offends Friis et al. Furthermore, based on an artificially fabricated feature, Friis et al. placed a new fossil genus Hedyflora into the Chloranthaceae (Angiosperms). The
validity of this taxon is spurious. If this taxon were accepted, botany would appear approaching an art rather than a science.