[Taxacom] type collections

John McNeill johnm at rom.on.ca
Tue Jan 5 06:16:58 CST 2016


 <o:OfficeDocumentSettings>  <o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings><![endif]-->StephenThorpe’s statement: 
> The type can still be a (lost) specimen, known via a photograph.
"Ihereby designate the holotype to be the specimen shown in the
followingphotograph ..."
may be true under the Code that is relevant.

Art. 40.7 requires that “on or after 1 January 1990 .... the single
herbariumor collection or institution in which the type is conserved
must be specified”,so a lost specimen cannot serve as the type of the
name of a taxon being newlydescribed; moreover, on or after 1 January
2007 the type may not be anillustration but must be a specimen (except
in certain circumnstances formicroscopic algae or microfungi) (Art. 40.4
& 40.5).

In summary, Rick either makes do with a vegetative specimen or, much
better,follows Peter Phillipson’s advice “to wait until adequate fertile
materialsuitable to serve as the holotype can be obtained.”

Best wishes for 2016

John McNeill

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John McNeill, Honorary Associate, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
      Director Emeritus, Royal OntarioMuseum;
Mailing address:  Royal Botanic Garden,Edinburgh, EH3 5LR, Scotland,
U.K.
Telephone:  fax: +44-131-248-2901
Home office:  +44-162-088-0651
e-mail: jmcneill at rbge.ac.uk (mail to johnm at rom.on.ca is also read)
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>>> "Peter B. Phillipson" <Peter.Phillipson at mobot.org> 01/05/16 8:31 AM
>>>
Frustrating though it may be, in my opinion it would be scientifically
and nomenclaturally preferable to wait until adequate fertile material
suitable to serve as the holotype can be obtained. No point in
complicating matters and creating a situation which could be
misunderstood and debated for years to come. 

Pete

-----Original Message-----
From: Taxacom [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of
Stephen Thorpe
Sent: 05 January 2016 00:11
To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu; Norbert Holstein
Cc: Rick McNeill
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] type collections

There is always someone who misunderstands this! The type can still be a
(lost) specimen, known via a photograph. "I hereby designate the
holotype to be the specimen shown in the following photograph ..."

Stephen

 
--------------------------------------------
On Tue, 5/1/16, Norbert Holstein <holstein at lrz.uni-muenchen.de> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Taxacom] type collections
 To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
 Cc: "Rick Mc
Neill" <juniper.botany at gmail.com>
 Received: Tuesday, 5 January, 2016, 12:02 PM
 
 Since 1 Jan 2007, the
 type of a new taxon must be a specimen (Art. 40.4;  except for the
cases in Art. 40.5 but those are  not important here).
 The holotype must be
 chosdefinition of your new  taxon only the holotype is of  importance.
 What you write in the diagnosis is secondary and basically
 
 only exists to illustrate the idea the
 author has in mind why this taxon
 is new.
 Technically, the diagnosis does not even need to correspond  to  the
cited material, although this would  be rather bad style. By adding  the
 photographs though, your point might be sufficiently clear  enough to 
convince other botanists to  accept your taxon.
 
 If no
 crucially necessary character for identification is shown in  your 
type material, you can either postpone  the publication of your taxon
(in  my  opinion the best way), or you publish now and create an 
epitype when  the material becomes  available. However, not having the
important  characters in the type material but only as  photographs is
something  some editors and  reviewers might find hard to accept.
 
 Regards,
 Norbert
 
 
 >
 Depending on the details of the Botanical Code (of which I  know  >
nothing), you might be able to  designate as holotype a lost specimen, 
>  by way of the photo. That might be preferable to having to  make do 
> with a diagnostically useless  holotype (unless the genetic sequence
is  > diagnostic and can be extracted from the  suboptimal specimen).
 >
 > Cheers, Stephen
 >
 >
 --------------------------------------------
 > On Tue, 5/1/16, Rick McNeill <juniper.botany at gmail.com>
 wrote:
 >
 >  Subject:
 [Taxacom] type collections
 >  To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
 >  Received: Tuesday, 5 January, 2016, 8:02  AM  >  >  I have a 
question about types.
 >
 >  I have taxon on which I am working.  It  is known from  >  one
location and the  >  highest number of plants found at any  time was
around 50.
 >
 >  I took high resolution images of the  plants and collected 10  >  at
the end  of  >  the season. I wrote a description  from those plants and
 >  images.  I  then  >  attempted to send the collection  to another
researcher and  >  it was  lost.  I  >  went back the next year and 
made another collection, but  >  none of  the plants  >  were in fruit
or flower.   The description was not  >  written or  expanded from  > 
these plants because  they did not have all of the  >   characters.
 >
 > 
 Should the second collection be designated as a neotype or  a  > 
holotype?
 > 
 Should the images be included as part of the type?
 >
 >  rick
 >
 >
 >
 > 
 _____________________
 >  Richard
 McNeill
 >  Feral Botanist
 >  702-415-5149
 >  juniper.botany at gmail.com
 >  Botany photos
 > 
 >
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/82244653@N08/collections/72157640888456005/>
 >  Adventure photos
 > 
 
 >
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/82244653@N08/collections/72157640888592535/>
 > 
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