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WILL WE EVER ACHIEVE STABILITY OF NOMENCLATURE?
Author(s) -
Brummitt R. K.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.1002/j.1996-8175.1987.tb03934.x
Subject(s) - typification , nomenclature , proposition , term (time) , flora (microbiology) , computer science , stability (learning theory) , epistemology , biology , ecology , taxonomy (biology) , philosophy , paleontology , machine learning , physics , quantum mechanics , bacteria
Summary Long‐term ideas for achieving greater stability of names of plants are reviewed. It is suggested that lists of recommended names covering the whole flora of the world, which would take precedence over any names not so listed, might become an attractive proposition in the future. However, this would not solve problems arising from typification difficulties, which might currently be responsible for about half the upsets of established names.