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Guidelines for requests for binding decisions on application of the Code
Author(s) -
McNeill John
Publication year - 2012
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/tax.612029
Subject(s) - citation , code (set theory) , computer science , information retrieval , world wide web , library science , programming language , set (abstract data type)
Introduction The International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (the Melbourne Code, McNeill & al., in Regnum Veg. 154. 2012) provides for requests to be made for rulings on the application of two provisions of the Code. These are whether or not names or their epithets are sufficiently alike to be confused, and hence the names should be treated as homonyms, and whether or not a descriptive statement satisfies the requirement for a “description or diagnosis” for valid publication of the name of a new taxon. The General Committee for botanical nomenclature has been concerned that the practice has evolved of submitting such requests directly to the Secretary of the relevant Permanent Nomenclature Committee, bypassing publication in Taxon, the purpose of which is to announce submitted requests to the botanical community so that all concerned have the opportunity to comment on them while they are being reviewed. The recommendation by the General Committee that all future requests be published in Taxon in a similar manner to proposals to conserve and reject names (Barrie in Taxon 60: 1211. 2011) was accepted as part of the Report of the General Committee by the XVIII International Congress in Melbourne in July 2011.