any official terminology? Nomenclature versus Taxonomy

[christian thompson]

ALL:

Sorry, but the problem with the previous messages is that they want to
make every thing a matter of NOMENCLATURE, not TAXONOMY.

REVISED STATUS can and should be used to signal a change in TAXONOMY.

Again I will state the obvious, indexers need a FLAG to tell them that
there has been a change in Taxonomy.

The Code deals ONLY with NOMENCLATURE, not taxonomy.  So "yes" if you
define and restrict "official" to what is in the ICZN and, hence,
nomenclature, there is "no" official term for change in taxonomic status
in these cases where there is no change in nomenclature.



F. Christian Thompson
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