[Taxacom] Nomina nuda and genbank?

[Francisco Welter-Schultes]

> then if I got it... a name refering to a "new species" associated to 
> a sequence in the GenBank but without type is not a nomen nudum but
> simply an invalid name. Right?

I can only answer for zoology. It is a nomen nudum if it is 
published somewhere in a paper-based publication without having met 
the ICZN Code provisions for new names, and it is unavailable. So as 
soon as you mention it by citing it from GenBank, it becomes a 
nomen nudum. A nomen nudum has no author and date - the next person 
mentioning this name will produce a new nomen nudum.

If you mentioned it before 2000 you did not need to write "new 
species", after 1999 you need to mark it as new (next to other 
requirements you have to meet). But I guess you meant cases dating 
from after 1999, where the ICZN provided higher obstacles for 
undeliberately establishing new available names. 

Francisco

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