[Taxacom] Fwd: Authority with date (zoo) / without date (bot)

[Paul Kirk]

Of significantly more importance than the name in the context of invasive species, especially of lesser known taxa, is the circumscription of the taxon ... 'a rose by any other names is just as sweet' or in this case 'an invasive by any other name is just as invasive' :-)

Cheers,

Paul

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Sent: 28 September 2015 10:21
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Subject: [Taxacom] Fwd:  Authority with date (zoo) / without date (bot)

Yes, this is normal. Another difference is that in zoology, when a species
has changed genus, the name of the author who first moved it is not given,
whereas in botany, they are: in your example (Martius) Solms in botany, the
equivalent in zoology would just be (Martius, 18xx) or whatever the
original publication date would be.

- Tony Rees

On 28 September 2015 at 17:44, rch <rch at skynet.be> wrote:

> In the European Commission's «draft initial list of invasive alien
> species of Union concern»
> https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/EEC/15_2887_00_e.pdf
> the invasive alien species of animal are listed with authority plus date:-
>     Callosciurus erythraeus Pallas, 1779,
>     Corvus splendens Viellot, 1817,
>     Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1854,
>     ...
>
> and the invasive alien species of plant with authority minus date:-
>     Baccharis halimifolia L,
>     Cabomba caroliniana Gray,
>     Eichhornia crassipes (Martius) Solms,
>     ...
>
> Is this zoo/bot difference usual taxonomic practice, or is there some
> other explanation?
>
> Richard H
>
>
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