[Taxacom] FW: formation of zoological names with Mc, Mac, et

[Paul van Rijckevorsel]

From: "Francisco Welter-Schultes" <fwelter at gwdg.de>
Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 12:44 PM
>> 51.1. Optional use of names of authors. The name of the author does
>> not form part of the name of a taxon and its citation is optional,
>> although customary and often advisable.
>
> I think this is an unnecessary article in the ICZN Code. In practical
> life we see that names are sometimes combined with authors and
> sometimes not. It does not make much sense to fix this in the Code.
> It rather looks silly.

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To me it looks like must-have article in a Code. If a Code that regulates
formal names does not define this very fundamental concept "name"
(and what is and what is not part of it) how can it be expected to be 
applied?
Paul