[Taxacom] Why Amomum (1753) rejected Zingiber (1754) accepted

[Tony.Rees at csiro.au]

Dear Pudji,

In the botanical Code, now ICNafp, names can be conserved by application to the relevant Committee in the interests of nomenclatural stability even if initially illegitimate (Article 14) i.e. not the earliest instance of that name validly published. In the case of Amomum, the definition of Roxburgh (1820) was accepted over that of Linnaeus (1753) by the Committee for Spermatophyta, see Taxon vol. 19, p.293 (1970), to avoid the change in name of some 150 species as opposed to 4 in Linnaeus' original usage. Linnaeus' type species, A. zingiber, is now included within Zingiber (as a synonym of Zingiber officinale Roscoe) which makes Amomum L., 1753 a synonym of Zingiber P. Miller, 1754 despite the reversal of normal priority in this instance.

(The zoological Code has similar provisions as well).

Regards - Tony

Dr Tony Rees 
Manager | Divisional Data Centre
Marine and Atmospheric Research
CSIRO
E Tony Rees at csiro.au T +61 3 6232 5318
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> -----Original Message-----
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> bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Pudji Widodo
> Sent: Friday, 21 February 2014 11:58 AM
> To: Taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> Subject: [Taxacom] Why Amomum (1753) rejected Zingiber (1754) accepted
> 
> Dear Sirs,
> I would like to ask you.  Why
> Amomum L., Sp. Pl.: 1 (1753), nom. rej.
> Zingiber Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4: s.p. (1754), nom.
> cons.
> 
> 
> Infact in ICNafp  Principle
> III  The nomenclature of a taxonomic
> group is based upon priority of publication.
> Thank you
> 
> Yours Sincerely
> Pudji Widodo
> Fakultas Biologi, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman
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