[Taxacom] Autonymy: usage of terms in Botanical Nomenclature

[Paul van Rijckevorsel]

Brummitt may have introduced the term "autonym",
but at the time he did so actual autonyms (the
phenomenon) had already been in the Code for two
decades. And compared to today's autonyms, the
pre-Brummitt autonyms were a lot more problematical.

Paul

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Zander" <Richard.Zander at mobot.org>
To: "Christopher Davis" <cdavis15 at asu.edu>; <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2016 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Autonymy: usage of terms in Botanical Nomenclature


> The proper adjective to describe "autonym" is stupid. Everything was fine
> until Dick Brummitt introduced it to botany. When I chided him, he replied
> "Well, I thought it was a good idea at the time." Brummitt did some fine
> things for botany, but the autonym is not one of them.
>
>
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> Richard H. Zander
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> From: Taxacom [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of
> Christopher Davis
> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 11:01 AM
> To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> 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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