[Taxacom] Taxon names that include 'anon.'

[Gurcharan Singh]

Dear David

anon. is used when author in not known: anonymous
ined. is used when name is not published: unpublished, ineditus
ined. followed by year means it was published in that year but not validly

Acacia conspicua anon.                    we do not know author
>  Lepraria jolithus (L.) anon.           we do not know author who made 
> combination based on binomial by Linnaeus
>  Hygrocybe nitida (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) anon. ined. 1916  we do not know 
> author, it was published in 1916 but not validly
>  Parmelia revoluta f. minor (anon.) anon       we do not know the name of 
> author who described species originally, nor who made combination


All these names are not nomenclaturally correct, though cited by some 
databases
They can't form accepted names



Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College
University of Delhi, Delhi
India
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Remsen" <dremsen at gbif.org>
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Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 8:48 PM
Subject: [Taxacom] Taxon names that include 'anon.'


> Dear Taxacomers,
>
> We are trying to understand the meaning of taxon names that show up in
> the GBIF index that include the term "anon."   This sometimes also
> occurs with the term "ined" and sometimes occurs with a year.
> Generally it is the last part of the cited name string but it
> sometimes precedes the year.
>
> Examples include
>
>  Acacia conspicua anon.
>  Lepraria jolithus (L.) anon.
>  Byssus jolithus (L.) anon.
>  Lepra jolithus (L.) anon.
>  Hygrocybe nitida (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) anon. ined. 1916
>  Agaricus tenerrimus anon.
>  Cortinarius acutus var. striatulus anon.
>  Deconica pratensis (P.D. Orton) anon. ined. 1969
>  Typhula phacorrhiza subsp. complanata (de Bary) anon. 1884
>  Uredo duchesneae (Arthur) anon.
>
> In a couple of cases the names cite 'anon' twice:
>
>  Uredo appendiculata var. appendiculata (anon.) anon.
>  Parmelia revoluta f. minor (anon.) anon
>
> We aren't clear on the intent of this sort of annotation and I'm sure
> some folks here must have an answer.
>
> Thank you in advance,
> David Remsen (GBIF)
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