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Varietal autonyms of nontypical subspecies ‐ validly published combinations under today's Code
Author(s) -
Kartesz John T.,
Gandhi Kancheepuram N.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1222984
Subject(s) - subspecies , code (set theory) , citation , taxon , subject (documents) , biology , computer science , zoology , library science , botany , set (abstract data type) , programming language
Summary Kartesz, J. T. & Gandhi, K. N.: Varietal autonyms of nontypical subspecies ‐ validly published combinations under today's Code. ‐ Taxon 40: 308–310. 1991. ‐ ISSN 0040‐0262. The status of varietal “autonyms” of nontypical subspecies, found in quadrinomials that were made prior to the 1972 (Seattle) Code, is discussed. They are considered as validly published trinomial combinations, subject to fulfilment of the requirements of the present Code, rather than as quadrinomial expressions of classification. For instance, Hitchcock in 1964 proposed and accepted such varietal names intended as autonyms bur involuntarily validated by citation of the relevant basionyms. Later alleged validations of the same combinations are nomenclaturally irrelevant.