[Taxacom] Autonymy: usage of terms in Botanical Nomenclature

[Christopher Davis]

Thank you Peter, Paul and Mark!

I would tend to use the word "nominate" for this, and am still unsure what
"nominal" means (although in any case doesn't seem to apply to Botany). I
guess I wanted to know is this usage (Botanical usage of "nominate" as an
adj.) is acceptable.

I found a Wikipedia entry for subspecies, which uses "autonymous" for
Botany:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subspecies#Nominotypical_subspecies_and_subspecies_autonyms

The word "autonomic" seems a little alien and awkward to me.

All the best,

Christopher

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 8:09 PM, Peter B. Phillipson <
Peter.Phillipson at mobot.org> wrote:

> Hi
>
> The word autonymic is what I would use, and although I only get "about
> 2000" hits on googling it, but many of these lead to the Code of
> Nomenclature, so that is reassuring!
>
> Cheers, Pete
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Christopher Davis
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> Subject: [Taxacom] Autonymy: usage of terms in Botanical Nomenclature
>
> Dear Plant Taxonomists,
>
> I would like clarification on the proper adjective(s) to use in describing
> the Autonym in taxonomical publications. I note that the adjective
> "nominate" has been preferred to the more general "nominal" when referring
> to the Nominotypical taxon in Zoology. Should either of these terms be used
> in botanical publications, and if not, does the adjective "autonymous"
> exist and fulfill this role?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Christopher Davis
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