[Taxacom] Objective synonyms?

[Geoffrey Read]

Before this gets really ridiculous.

Synonyms in zoology include the original name and the recombinations. 
This is rather a downgrading of the original name, but never mind, it's a
synonym.

> Those examples are not synonyms, they are just different treatments
> (combinations) of the same name.  They have the same exact type,
> authorship and date of availability.  Synonyms are DIFFERENT names for the

> Mike Ivie
>
>> On 5/28/2010 7:28 PM, Stephen Thorpe wrote:

>>> thing is for sure, that there aren't any universally
>>> agreed definitions (in ICZN at least) for what counts as a synonym.

Yes there are.

Stephen again:
"It makes NO SENSE to say that Aus bus and Cus bus are objective synonyms
because they are homotypic, unless Aus and Cus are objective synonyms ..."

Nonsense.  Divorce thinking about the species from thinking about the
genus definition. Even if the new genus placement is very wrong the names
are still objective synonyms.

Geoff