[Taxacom] possible genus homonym nomenclatural question

[Stephen Thorpe]

 Oh dear, I fear another nomenclatural tangle: the problem is Calymna Walker, 1856 as a justified or unjustified emendation or as simply a misspelling pro Calymma Huebner, 1823?Stephen
    On Saturday, 13 June 2020, 10:30:53 am NZST, Tony Rees via Taxacom <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> wrote:  
 
 Adam's answer is the correct one, however for completeness, it is possibly
worth noting that in botany (under the ICN), names with such minor spelling
differences may be treated as homonyms in some cases. This is one of the
areas where the two Codes differ. See:

53.2. When two or more names of genera or species based on different types
are so similar that they are likely to be confused (because they are
applied to related taxa or for any other reason) they are to be treated as
homonyms (see also Art. 61.5). If established practice has been to treat
two similar names as homonyms, this practice is to be continued if it is in
the interest of nomenclatural stability.

*Ex. 8. Names treated as homonyms: Asterostemma Decne. (in Ann. Sci. Nat.,
Bot., ser. 2, 9: 271. 1838) and Astrostemma Benth. (in Hooker’s Icon. Pl.
14: 7. 1880); Pleuropetalum Hook. f. (in London J. Bot. 5: 108. 1846) and
Pleuripetalum T. Durand (Index Gen. Phan.: 493. 1888); Eschweilera DC.
(Prodr. 3: 293. 1828) and Eschweileria Boerl. (in Ann. Jard. Bot.
Buitenzorg 6: 106, 112. 1887); Skytanthus Meyen (Reise 1: 376. 1834) and
Scytanthus Hook. (in Icon. Pl. 7: ad t. 605–606. 1844).

(plus some further examples) - Shenzhen Code, 2018

Regards - Tony
Tony Rees, New South Wales, Australia
https://about.me/TonyRees
www.irmng.org


On Sat, 13 Jun 2020 at 04:01, John Grehan via Taxacom <
taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> wrote:

> Thanks to those who responded already. As I suspected - I missed the
> 'obvious' as it is a spelling difference (m instead of an n). So all is
> clear now. And the 'butterfly' name is actually for a moth to be precise.
>
> John Grehan
>
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 1:34 PM John Grehan <calabar.john at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Dear colleagues,
> >
> > A friend of mine asked about why the genus name Clymna Hutton 1883 for a
> > group of snails is not a homonym a butterfly genus of the same name
> > under Calymma Hübner, 1823 (
> >
> https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=4898.0
> > )
> >
> > If it is a homonym then the synonymy of the snail genus Flammocharopa
> > under Calymna Hutton, 1883 would presumably be incorrect (see
> > https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=820085 )
> >
> > Perhaps I have missed something obvious, but I would be grateful for
> > insight from any on this list well acquainted with such issues. And
> please,
> > for those of you inclined to respond with unkind remarks about my
> knowledge
> > or understanding of nomenclature, keep them to yourselves. I am not
> > interested. Hopefully someone will be able to provide
> > clarification/corroboration of my current inference.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > John Grehan
> >
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