02/07/2018
The 'Shenzhen Code' (https://www.iapt-taxon.org/nomen/main.php) is now published and for the first time contributions by scientists/ researchers working in India are included in the main volume of ICN/ICBN.
Contributions from India: Total 6 (4 from CNH, BSI)
(202 – Bandyopadhyay, S. & Bhattacharjee, A. - Taxon 65: 411)
7.11. Ex. 14. The absence of any original material (Art. 9.13) for Ocimum gratissimum L. (Sp. Pl.: 1197. 1753) means that Cramer’s (in Dassanayake & Fosberg, Revis. Handb. Fl. Ceylon 3: 112. 1981) citation of “Type: Hortu Upsalensi, 749.2 (LINN)” as “type” is to be accepted as designation (Art. 7.11) of a neotype, antedating the superfluous neotypification by Paton (in Kew Bull. 47: 411. 1992).
(101 – Bandyopadhyay, S. & Bhattacharjee, A. - Taxon 64:1338)
9B.2. Authors designating an epitype should state in what way the holotype, lectotype, neotype, or all original material is ambiguous such that epitypification is necessary.
(015 – Krishna, G., Bhattacharjee, B., Bandyopadhyay, S., Bhattacharjee, A. &
Lakshminarasimhan, P. - Taxon 63: 207.)
40A.6. Citation of the herbarium, collection, or institution of deposition should use one of the standards mentioned in Art. 40 Note 4 or, when those standards give no abbreviated form, should be given in full with the location.
(033 – Mazumdar, J. - Taxon 63: 1385)
11.4. Ex. 17. Transfer of Polypodium tenerum Roxb. (in Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 4: 490. 1844) to Cyclosorus Link (Hort. Berol. 2: 128. 1833) would result in a later homonym due to the existence of C. tener (Fée) Christenh. (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 161: 250. 2009), based on Goniopteris tenera Fée (Mém. Foug. 11: 60. 1866). The correct name is a heterotypic synonym, C. ciliatus (Wall. ex Benth.) Panigrahi (in Res. J. Pl. Environm. 9: 66. 1993), based on the next earliest legitimate name of the taxon at the same rank, Aspidium ciliatum Wall. ex Benth. (Fl. Hongkong.: 455. 1861).
(226 – Pagare, R & Janarthanam, M.K. - Taxon 65: 418)
41.3. Ex. 7. When Haines (Forest Fl. Chota Nagpur: 530. 1910) published the name Dioscorea belophylla, he attributed the name to “Voight”. Previously, Prain (Bengal Pl. 2: 1065, 1067. 1903) had validly published D. nummularia var. belophylla Prain, citing “Voigt (sp.)”, an apparent reference to the nomen nudum “Dioscorea belophylla” (Voigt, Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 653. 1845). The mention by Haines of “Voight” is regarded as an indirect reference to Prain’s varietal name, and thus D. belophylla (Prain) Haines was validly published as a new combination and name at new rank.
(095 – Krishna, G. & Bandyopadhyay, S. - Taxon 64: 1067)
GLOSSARY: DEFINITIONS OF TERMS USED IN THIS CODE
pro synonymo (pro syn., as synonym). A citation indicating that a designation is not validly published because it was merely cited as a synonym (Art. 36.1(b) and Rec. 50A).
The International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants is the set of rules and recommendations that govern the scientific naming of all organisms traditionally treated as algae, fungi, or plants, whether fossil or non-fossil, including blue-green algae (Cyanobacteria), chytrids, oomycet...
