ICBN art. 7.11

[Thomas Lammers]

Mike:
No.  From the articles cited therein, it is clear this article only
pertains to the subsequent designation of lectotypes & neotypes, NOT to
original type designations in the protologue.

At 09:31 AM 3/25/02 -0500, Mike Vincent wrote:
>Is what I see in Art. 7.11 of the ICBN really saying what it looks
>like?  It appears that any new plant species described after 1 Jan. 2001,
>in addition to having the type designated, must also have the phrase "here
>designated" or equivalent.  Am I hallucinating, or does this mean that
>almost any plant described after 1/1/2001 is invalidly published?



Thomas G. Lammers, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor and Curator of the Herbarium (OSH)
Department of Biology and Microbiology
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54901-8640 USA

e-mail:       lammers at uwosh.edu
phone:      920-424-1002
fax:           920-424-1101

Plant systematics; classification, nomenclature, evolution, and
biogeography of the Campanulaceae s. lat.

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