[leish-l] Provisional names

Jeffrey J Shaw jshaw at brturbo.com
Thu Jan 16 19:29:07 BRST 2003


Dick Ashford said that:
"First, the 'rules of nomenclature' specifically prohibit the provisional 
naming of putative species"
	Well he is right and wrong!
	The code quite clearly states (Article 15.1) that a name proposed 
conditionally and published before 1961 is available, but if is it 
published after 1960 it is not available. Thus name availability depends on 
the date of publication.
	Many of the rules relating to validity depend on the date of publication.




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