Colloquium introduction / V.A. Funk -- An introduction to John McNeill's career / N. Turland -- A century of typification: concepts and practices / F. Barrie -- An analysis of 120 years of conservation/rejection proposals / J. Wiersema -- A review of over 100 years of proposals to amend the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature -- Perceived obsolescence / P. Silva -- What is and has been in a fossil name? / J. Skog -- Extensive polyphyly in the Caryophyllaceae leads to a new classification / D. Harbaugh, W. Wagner, M. Nepokroeff, R. Rabeler, J. McNeill & E. Zimmer -- Caryophyllaceae: 50 years since McNeill (1962) -- Where angels fear to tread ... the future of naming / S. Knapp -- John McNeill, numerical taxonomy, and character variation and variability / T. Dickinson -- Comments and discussion / J. McNeill
