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Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 09:18:07 -0600
From: "David M. Hillis" <dhillis@mail.utexas.edu>
To: PhyloCode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu
Subject: Answers to questions
>David, I hope this will be my last message on this subject for a >while. I can't afford to spend any more time on it this week, and I >suspect we are boring most of the readers with our disagreements >anyway. I agree; my only responses below are to questions you asked. > > >Could you tell me where in the ICZN it says that one must >consistently use binomial nomenclature throughout the paper in which >a new name is published? I don't think there is any such rule in the >ICBN, but I am much less familiar with the ICZN. > "Article 11. Requirements. To be available, a name or, where relevant, a nomenclatural act must satisfy the following provisions: ... Article 11.4. Consistent application of binominal nomenclature. The author must have consistently applied the Principle of Binominal Nomenclature in the work in which the name or nomenclatural act was published; however, this Article does not apply to the availability of names of taxa at ranks above the family group." > > >Since the actual name under the PhyloCode is novus, wouldn't you have >to say so at least once in the paper? From the perspective of the >PhyloCode, it seems misleading to say that the name is Hypotheticus >novus, when in fact its name is novus. The way I have handled that is to say: Hypotheticus novus, new species The species name is novus, but the Hypotheticus clearly distinguishes it from other names of novus. This satisfies both sets of rules, and I think it is perfectly clear. David David M. Hillis Director, School of Biological Sciences Director's office: 512-232-3690 (FAX: 512-232-3699) Alfred W. Roark Centennial Professor Section of Integrative Biology University of Texas Austin, TX 78712 Research Office: 512-471-5792 Lab: 512-471-5661 FAX: 512-471-3878 E-mail: dhillis@mail.utexas.edu