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336:). This proposal should present the case both for and against conservation of a name. Publication notifies anybody concerned that the matter is being considered and makes it possible for those interested to write in. Publication is the start of the formal procedure: it counts as referring the matter "to the appropriate Committee for study" and Rec 14A.1 comes into effect. The name in question is (somewhat) protected by this Recommendation ("... authors should follow existing usage as far as possible ..."). 33: 288:
Conflicting conserved names are treated according to the normal rules of priority. Separate proposals (informally referred to as "superconservation" proposals) may be made to protect a conserved name that would be overtaken by another. However, conservation has different consequences depending on the
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Conserved and rejected names (and suppressed names) are listed in the appendices to the ICN. As of the 2012 (Melbourne) edition, a separate volume holds the bulk of the appendices (except appendix I, on names of hybrids). The substance of the second volume is generated from a database which also
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After reviewing the matter, mostly from a procedural angle, the General Committee makes a decision, either against ("not recommended") or in favor ("recommended"). At this point Article 14.16 comes into effect. Art 14.16 authorizes all users to indeed use that
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holds a history of published proposals and their outcomes, the binding decisions on whether a name is validly published (article 38.4) and on whether it is a homonym (article 53.5). The database can be queried online.
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Wiersema, J.H.; McNeill, J.; Turland, N.J.; Barrie, F.R.; Buck, W.R.; Demoulin, V.; Greuter, W.; Hawksworth, D.L.; Herendeen, P.S.; Knapp, S.; Marhold, K.; Prado, J.; Prud'homme van Reine, W.F.; Smith, G.F. (2015),
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After reviewing the matter, judging the merits of the case, "the appropriate Committee" makes a decision either against ("not recommended") or in favor ("recommended"). Then the matter is passed to the General
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heterotypic synonyms that are simultaneously declared nomina rejicienda (as well as their own homotypic synonyms). As taxonomic changes are made, other names may require new proposals for conservation and/or
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International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants: Appendices II-VIII (with an accounting of proposals to conserve and reject names, to suppress works, and requests for binding decisions)
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In the course of time there have been different standards for the majority required for a decision. However, for decades the Nomenclature Section has required a 60% majority for an inclusion in the
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International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi and plants (Melbourne Code) adopted by the Eighteenth International Botanical Congress Melbourne, Australia, July 2011 Appendices II – VIII
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Wiersema, J.; McNeill, J.; Turland, N.J.; Orli, S.S.; Wagner, W.L. (2015), "The foundation of the Melbourne Code Appendices: Announcing a new paradigm for tracking nomenclatural decisions",
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The ICZN's procedural details are different from those in botany, but the basic operating principle is the same, with petitions submitted to the commission for review.
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The Plenary Session of that same International Botanical Congress receives the "resolution moved by the Nomenclature Section of that Congress" and makes a
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A conserved family name is protected against all other family names based on genera that are considered by the taxonomist to be part of the same family.
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The process for conserving botanical names is different from that for zoological names. Under the botanical code, names may also be "suppressed",
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Besides conservation of names of certain ranks (Art. 14), the ICN also offers the option of outright rejection of a name (
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was to be given precedence and treated as the valid name, because it was in more common use and better known to scientists.
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A name otherwise unavailable or invalid that the Commission, by the use of its plenary power, has enabled to be used as a
122:), or rejected in favour of a particular conserved name, and combinations based on a suppressed name are also listed as “ 147:"to avoid disadvantageous nomenclatural changes entailed by the strict application of the rules, and especially of the 746: 555:"Chapter II Status, Typification, and Priority of Names Section 4 Limitation of the Principle of Priority Article 14" 660: 211: 148: 417: 710: 453: 406: 382:, and the Committees have followed this example, in 1996 adopting a 60% majority for a decision. 79:
term, meaning "a name to be conserved". The terms are often used interchangeably, such as by the
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Conservation of a name against an earlier taxonomic (heterotypic) synonym (which is termed a
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is a nomenclatural procedure governed by Article 14 of the ICN. Its purpose is
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that cannot be used anymore. Outright rejection is possible for a name at any rank.
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Rejection (suppression) of individual names is distinct from suppression of works (
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Crosby, Marshall R. (1972). "An example of a "nomen rejiciendum et illegitimum"".
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that is in use because the senior synonym or homonym has been made a
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The General Committee reports to the Nomenclature Section of the
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International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants
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has precedence and would normally be the correct name. But the
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International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants
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The procedure starts by submitting a proposal to the journal
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A conserved genus or species name is conserved against any
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This is a more generalized definition than the one for
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Conservation is possible only for names at the rank of
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For zoology, the term "conserved name", rather than
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International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
267:under Article 56, another way of creating a 686:An annotated glossary of botanical nomenclature 661:"International Code of Zoological Nomenclature" 457:, which was formally described in 1943. Later, 405:(the code for names of animals, one of several 561:. International Association for Plant Taxonomy 516:"The Discovery and Naming of Candida albicans" 420:by removal of the known obstacles to such use. 403:International Code of Zoological Nomenclature 396:International Code of Zoological Nomenclature 170:It may effect a change in original spelling, 88:International Code of Zoological Nomenclature 8: 578: 576: 29:Conserved name (a protected scientific name) 465:(a synonym). By the usual rules, the genus 588:, vol. 157, Koeltz Botanical Books, 506: 684:McVaugh R, Ross R, Stafleu FA (1968). 655: 653: 447:An example of a conserved name is the 7: 25: 543:(Melbourne Code ed.). 2012. 349:International Botanical Congress 289:type of name that is conserved: 359:decision is made to modify the 174:, or (most commonly) priority. 1: 496:Glossary of scientific naming 409:), this definition is given: 473:(ICZN) ruled that the name 139:In botanical nomenclature, 763: 732:Biological classification 639:, Smithsonian Institution 36:The name for this yeast, 260:nomen utique rejiciendum 181:orthographia conservanda 113:nomina utique rejicienda 742:Zoological nomenclature 401:In the glossary of the 370:decision to modify the 737:Botanical nomenclature 212:orthographical variant 46: 277:opera utique oppressa 149:principle of priority 35: 444:("forgotten name"). 355:. At this stage the 178:Conserved spelling ( 151:" (Art. 14.1). 747:Taxonomy (biology) 475:Pachycephalosaurus 463:Pachycephalosaurus 454:Pachycephalosaurus 407:nomenclature codes 392:nomen conservandum 332:(published by the 302:homotypic synonyms 220:typus conservandus 91:favours the term " 73:Nomen conservandum 62:nomina conservanda 56:nomen conservandum 47: 44:nomen conservandum 595:978-3-87429-480-5 394:, is used in the 269:nomen rejiciendum 239:nomen rejiciendum 217:Conserved types ( 116:, abbreviated as 107:nomina rejicienda 101:nomen rejiciendum 85:(ICN), while the 65:, abbreviated as 16:(Redirected from 754: 718: 689: 677: 676: 674: 672: 663:. 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Index

Rejected name

Candida albicans
Latin
International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
principle of priority
family
genus
species
type
Euonymus
Guaiacum
orthographical variant
homonyms
homotypic synonyms
IAPT
International Botanical Congress
nomenclature codes
valid name
nomen protectum
synonym
homonym
nomen oblitum
dinosaur
Pachycephalosaurus
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
Opinion 2027
Glossary of scientific naming
"The Discovery and Naming of Candida albicans"

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