any official terminology? Nomenclature versus Taxonomy

[Edwards, G.B.]

Thanks for all the comments.

I think this hits the crux of the matter, and that is bringing the
change to the attention of those who document such things, like indexers
and cataloguers.  Certainly one can follow Ron Gatrelle's example, and
probably most taxonomists do, as he correctly points out that the
original combination is already valid (as basically did I in my original
post).  I might disagree in principle with the concept that several
valid combinations could be in existence simultaneously, since it could
be argued that the most recently published combination should be the
valid one.  But if that always was strictly followed, inadvertent
changes would be made too many times by authors who were not aware of
the most recent literature.

However, I just wanted to know if there is some (even semi-official) way
to flag a change back to an original combination.  Perhaps I should have
said "generally accepted" rather than "official" in my original post.
Apparently the answer is no, based on the replies, although I tend to
agree that Revised Status is general enough that it could be used as a
flag in this instance.
-- 
G. B. Edwards 
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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.



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