Dear David;-
   Thankyou for the information on ICZN. I bet a lot of people are happy to know. I'm just the only one who admits to the ICZN Deficit Disorder.
       Art


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---- David Campbell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> ICZN=International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.  It is made
> up of taxonomic specialists from around the world who develop and
> update the rules and who vote on decisions where the rules are unclear
> or where an exception is needed.  I think there's about 40 people on
> the commission, expert in various taxonomic groups.
>
> > Think you got a point here, Pete. Just remebered the Dayakia braammorrisse in
> > my site has 2 authors with 2 different dates, cause it got corrected from a
> > Hemiplecta braammorrisi  Sarasin P & F, 1899 to a Dyakia braammorrisi less
> > than 10 years ago.
>
> Plants are covered by a different code, in which you must cite the
> person who made the current genus assignment as well as the original
> describer of a species.  For animals, the full citation of a name
> includes the original describer but not the person who made the latest
> genus assignment.  However, if you are writing something taxonomic, it
> is useful to know who made the genus assignment, and mention of that
> author is desirable; it's just written out as "Jones (1965) assigned
> this species to genus Xus" rather than abbreviated into the name.
> Similarly, if someone proposes a name at a particular taxonomic level
> (species, genus, or family), he/she is the official author of that
> name at any rank within the level.  However, in a taxonomic context
> it's useful to also know who asssigned a given rank to the name.
> Thus, if Psmith created a subfamily Xinae, and Emsworth later decided
> it should be a superfamily, the superfamily Xoidea is attributed to
> Psmith as well, but anyone who wants informaiton about the superfamily
> will want to have the citation of Emsworth, too.
> --
> Dr. David Campbell
> 425 Scientific Collections
> University of Alabama
> "I think of my happy condition, surrounded by acres of clams"
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