Basionym/Protologue -- One more question

[Thomas Lammers]

I don't think so.  By definition, the protologue brings into existence the
basionym.  However, sometimes the protologue may fulfill the requirement
for a description or diagnosis by reference to an earlier effectively
published description or diagnosis, but that earlier pub is NOT considered
the protologue.

For example:
Fred Schmertz realizes a certain set of populations in California is
distinguishable and elects to recognize them as a species, Plantus exemplus
Schmertz.  He finds an earlier description of these populations by Joe
Schmuggle in his Plants of California book; Schmuggle identified them by
some  already existing name, Plantus albus L., which Schmertz species
believes does not occur west of the Mississippi River.  Instead of writing
a description or diagnosis of his new species, he merely gives a reference
to Schmuggle's existing description of "Plantus albus sensu Schmuggle non L."

BUT, Schmertz's pub is the protologue, not Schmuggle's.

At 11:04 PM 6/27/02 -1000, Richard Pyle wrote:
>I've got one last question related to my ealier inquiries about Basionyms &
>Protologues:  Is it true that the Basionym is always derived from the
>Protologue?  Or, is it possible that the Basionym is attributed to one
>Reference/Author, while the Protologue is contained within another?


Thomas G. Lammers, Ph.D.

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