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In defense of Latin for describing new taxa
Author(s) -
Filgueiras Tarciso S.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1224482
Subject(s) - latin americans , taxon , politics , humanity , geography , biology , ecology , political science , law
Summary Filgueiras, T. S.: In defense of Latin for describing new taxa. – Taxon 46: 747‐749. 1997. – ISSN 0040‐0262. Latin should remain mandatory for describing new taxa. The optional use of English under the proposed BioCode is unacceptable. Whereas the English language is the expression of certain living cultures, a certain political and economic system, Latin belongs to no single nation and yet it belongs to all. Latin is a patrimony of humanity.