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Report of the General Committee: 14
Author(s) -
Wilson Karen L.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.12705/654.15
Subject(s) - nomenclature , select committee , political science , law , business , biology , taxonomy (biology) , ecology , commons
Decisions are reported on: (1) 35 proposals to conserve and reject names recommended for acceptance in the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants (NCVP) Report 65 and one proposal from Report 64; (2) 11 such proposals recommended for rejection in those Committee Reports; (3) one proposal was referred back to the NCVP for further consideration; (4) two conservation proposals for which the NCVP could not reach a firm recommendation; and (5) three recommendations from the NCVP on requests for binding decisions, one under Art. 38.4 (adequate description) and two under Art. 53.5 (confusingly similar names).