Is the plant [Thalictrum lucidum] sufficiently distinct from T. flavum? It seems to me a daughter of time. [Planta, an satis distincta, a T. flavo? Videtur temporis filia. Species plantarum 1753]
"The Daughter of Time" (Josephine Tey)" was also the title of a wonderful detective story.
My new motto: Videtur temporis filia...
[Quoted in Ramsbottom, John. 1938. Linnaeus and the species concept. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 150 (192-220): 201.]
Ooooh. A good one!
I guess the answer is "wait a couple of centuries. It will be".
Bob