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>Topics of the day:
>
>  1. Job Vacancy
>  2. dessart / lectotype
>  3. Centrosema (Fabaceae) taxonomy
>  4. Lundellia journal
>
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>Date:    Wed, 24 Jan 2001 09:01:18 +0000
>From:    Rob Huxley <r.huxley at NHM.AC.UK>
>Subject: Job Vacancy
>
>THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON
>Department of Botany
>
>JOB VACANCY
>
>ASSISTANT CURATOR, VASCULAR PLANTS
>
>Salary =A313,846 - =A319,143
>
>The Natural History Museum, London invites applications to join the team=20
>managing the collections of the Department of Botany.  You will play a=20
>varied and important part in the care and development of a major taxonomic=
>=20
>facility with opportunities to liaise with specialists from all over the=
> world.
>
>Main responsibilities will relate to the 2.5 million specimen flowering=20
>plant collections but there will be curatorial duties throughout the=20
>herbaria.  Duties will include the conservation and maintenance of the=20
>collections, entering collections information onto database, assisting=20
>scientific visitors to the flowering plant collections and supporting=20
>consultancy work
>
>A degree in a relevant subject or equivalent experience is essential as is=
>=20
>computer literacy and a genuine interest in flowering plants.
>
>A diploma or postgraduate qualification in museum studies along with=20
>collections management experience and an interest in information handling=20
>and processing would be advantageous.
>
>Starting salary is dependent upon qualifications and experience. Benefits=20
>include a non-contributory pension scheme and a generous holiday leave=20
>entitlement.
>
>For further information and an application form please write to:
>
>Jenny Young ,
>Personnel Section
>Natural History Museum
>Cromwell Road
>London SW7 5BD
>
>Or E-mail jeny at nhm.ac.uk
>
>Closing date for application 12th February 2001
>
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>
>Date:    Wed, 24 Jan 2001 18:08:25 -0200
>From:    =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=E9rvio_T=FAlio_Pires_Amarante?= <serviopa at USP.BR>
>Subject: Re: dessart / lectotype
>
>One of our colleagues had contacted me on the lectotypes' Article 74.7.3
>some time ago, just before this topic have arisen in Taxacom. He has sent a
>letter to ICZN, expressing his reasoning in favor of the suppression of this
>article. Also, he has invited me to do the same, and I prone to do it so.
>However, I think that if more people join us, the ICZN would be more prone
>to take care of this matter. So, I am here to propose that the zoo taxcomers
>think about it and consider to join us, expressing our opinion to ICZN.
>
>SÈrvio T™lio Pires Amarante
>
>serviopa at usp.br
>
>Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de S“o Paulo
>Caixa Postal 42694-970
>04299-970
>S“o Paulo
>BRASIL
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Paul Dessart" <dessart at KBINIRSNB.BE>
>To: <TAXACOM at USOBI.ORG>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 9:22 AM
>Subject: dessart / lectotype
>
>
>> Dear Taxacomers,
>>
>> 1) logically the designation of a lectotype is made when a species is
>> described after a syntype-series and I never saw anyone, in my field of
>> research, who did not clearly identified the lectotype with his label(s).
>"I
>> choose as lectotype the specimen .... (labels, numbers?...)" should be
>> enough, as lectotypification implies a type series and no holotype, and
>the
>> aim is always the same and unique: to prevent further, eventual ambiguity.
>> That why I'm also for the suppression of the contested text in ICZN.
>> 2) if anyone thinks a lectotypification is unvalid, he should
>> deontologically contact the lectotypifier and suggest him to improve his
>> nomenclatural act; if he does not do that, or if the "guilty"
>lectotypifier
>> is dead, he will publish another lectotypification text: IS THERE ONE
>> TAXONOMIST, making a new, correct lectotypification, WHO WOULD DARE TO
>> CHOOSE OTHER SPECIMEN (except for serious systematical reason)?
>> 3) when an author makes an obligatory emendation (I say: emendation,
>here)),
>> he does not become the author of the emended name (thus, not the author of
>> the emended genus or species) and the date of the taxon does not change. I
>> suppose (I dare to suppose!) that the author making a "perfectly valid"
>> improved lectotypification, choosing the same specimen and just adding
>some
>> words in the nomenclatural act, WILL NOT BE THE AUTHOR of the
>> lectotypification..., and the accepted date of the lectotypification will
>be
>> the date of the first designation.
>>
>> By the way, does anyone think that the French writing taxonomists will use
>> "binom" instead of the century old "binome"?
>>
>> I don't care that the "specific name" might be call "specific epithet",
>like
>> in botany. Both expressions are imperfect: many specific "names" are not
>> names, but adjectives, and many "epithets" are not adjectives, but
>names...
>> Then...
>>
>> Best regards to everybody.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> Paul Dessart,
>> Chef honoraire de la Section Insectes & Arachnomorphs,
>> Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique,
>> rue Vautier, 29
>> B-1000 Bruxelles  Belgique/Belgium
>>
>> DTel.:+32+(0)2/627.42.97
>> Fax: +32+(0)2/627.41.32
>> Mail: dessart at kbinirsnb.be
>> http://www.kbinirsnb.be
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date:    Thu, 25 Jan 2001 09:22:00 +1100
>From:    Brendan Lepschi <B.Lepschi at PI.CSIRO.AU>
>Subject: Centrosema (Fabaceae) taxonomy
>
>Dear All,
>        A weed specialist collegue  (Andrew Mitchell) is having difficulties
>with the identification of a Centrosema in northern Australia.  If there is
>anybody who has
>experience with this genus who would be able to assist him with this
>identification, please contact him directly (email preferred) via the
>address below.
>
>Mr. Andrew Mitchell
>Botanist
>Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy
>Australian Quarantine Inspection Service
>C/O NT DPIF, P.O. Box 990, Darwin, NT 0801
>Phone  08 89992104
>Fax      08 89992037
>Email   andrew.mitchell at aqis.gov.au
>
>
>Thankyou,
>
>Brendan Lepschi
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date:    Wed, 24 Jan 2001 17:43:24 -0600
>From:    Tom Wendt <twendt at MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU>
>Subject: Lundellia journal
>
>        The third issue (Number 3, officially) of the journal Lundellia was
>published in December 2000.  This journal publishes plant systematics
>research by faculty, staff, students, and research associates of the Plant
>Resources Center of the University of Texas at Austin.
>        The third issue marked a changeover to a new editor (Beryl
>Simpson), a new printer (Allen Press), and new orders/sales manager (me).
>In all of this commotion, we may have inadvertantly not sent a copy to
>someone who thought they had a standing order.  If anyone out there was
>expecting a copy and didn't receive it, please email me and I'll send it
>on.  (It's $20 per number for individuals, $30 for institutions.)
>        Thanks
>        Tom Wendt
>
>
>
>______________________________________________________________
>Tom Wendt, Curator                           tel. 512/471-5904
>University of Texas Herbaria (TEX/LL)        fax  512/471-3878
>Mailing address:
> Plant Resources Center
> Biolabs 311
> University of Texas            e-mail: twendt at mail.utexas.edu
> Austin, Texas  78712           e-mail (herbarium):
> USA                                aster280 at uts.cc.utexas.edu
>______________________________________________________________
>
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>
>End of TAXACOM Digest - 23 Jan 2001 to 24 Jan 2001 (#2001-19)
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