nomenclature precedence

[Thomas Lammers]

At 12:57 PM 2/26/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Therefore Author X (the author of the recent paper) can NOT dismiss the
>name of author Y, published in 1821, because authur Y "failed to give a
>clear definition of the taxon".  If author Y gave any sort of description,
>then obviously author Y accepted his desciption as "adequate", and his
>name is validly published.

I interpreted the poster's admittedly imprecise phrase to mean, "did not
provide a description or diagnosis of any sort," i.e., the name was a nomen
nudum.  You are correct in all your points.


Thomas G. Lammers, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor and Curator of the Herbarium (OSH)
Department of Biology and Microbiology
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
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