[Taxacom] Does a misspelling merit parentheses?
Paul van Rijckevorsel
dipteryx at freeler.nl
Wed Apr 11 05:16:34 CDT 2018
Actually, Article 51.3. says "When a species-group name is
combined with a generic name other than the original one, ...",
so if the unjustified emendation is a new name, a combination
with that new name counts as "other than the original one" and
parentheses are in order.
Paul
From: "Adam Cotton" <adamcot at cscoms.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 10:31 AM
> I have been following this thread, and have been somewhat puzzled why
> there is a suggestion of an apparent issue of whether or not parentheses
> are required.
>
> As far as I understand the Code, parentheses are required after a species
> is transferred from the original genus it was described in and placed in a
> different genus.
>
> Surely emendation of the same genus name, whether justified or not, is not
> a case of moving the species to a different genus, and thus no parentheses
> are needed.
>
> Adam.
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