[Taxacom] Nannopterum auritus and N. brasilianus - or auritum and brasilianum?

[Michael Heads]

Dear David,

Thanks very much for the advice. I'll use auritum and brasilianum.

Michael



On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 7:22 PM David Redei via Taxacom <
taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> wrote:

> Dear Michael,
>
> Nannopterum was apparently proposed here:
> https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/116087#page/265/mode/1up
>
> Nannopterum evidently contains the latinized form of the neuter Greek noun
> πτερόν (pterón) ("wing"). It is possible to latinize it as "pterum", but
> this is indeed to be considered as neuter as well (Art. 30.1.3; consider
> that the Latin ending "-um" [an adjective-forming suffix] is normally
> neuter, at least in nominative, but in the particular case only nominative
> makes sense). I agree with your assessment, the grammatic gender of
> Nannopterum is neuter; and the Code requires it to be considered as neuter.
>
> As a conclusion, I agree with you that the cited combinations should be
> correctly Nannopterum auritum (the specific epithet is the Latin adjective
> auritus, -a, -um) and N. brasilianum (formed from a geographic name with
> the suffix -(i)anus, -(i)ana, -(i)anum). The practice of citing "N.
> auritus" and "N. brasilianus" is erroneous, and it is probably rooted in
> the fact that these species are frequently cited in combination with the
> masculine generic name Phalacrocorax in the (correct) forms Ph. auritus and
> Ph. brasilianus, see e.g.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-crested_cormorant
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neotropic_cormorant
>
> Authors who place them into Nannopterum probably simply do not bother to
> change their ending. If you cite them in combination with Nannopterum, I
> recommend to write N. auritum and N. brasilianum.
>
> With best regards, David Redei
>
>
> On Sun, 3 May 2020 at 09:03, Michael Heads via Taxacom <
> taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> wrote:
>
> > These are widespread pan-American cormorants. Isn't Nannopterum a
> > Latinized, neuter word? Everyone cites auritus and brasilianus, but
> > shouldn't it be auritum and brasilianum?
> >   Yes, I did check the code first...!
> > Thanks,
> > Michael
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> >
> > My books:
> >
> > *Biogeography and evolution in New Zealand. *Taylor and Francis/CRC, Boca
> > Raton FL. 2017.
> >
> >
> https://www.routledge.com/Biogeography-and-Evolution-in-New-Zealand/Heads/p/book/9781498751872
> >
> >
> > *Biogeography of Australasia:  A molecular analysis*. Cambridge
> University
> > Press, Cambridge. 2014. www.cambridge.org/9781107041028
> >
> >
> > *Molecular panbiogeography of the tropics. *University of California
> Press,
> > Berkeley. 2012. www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520271968
> >
> >
> > *Panbiogeography: Tracking the history of life*. Oxford University Press,
> > New York. 1999. (With R. Craw and J. Grehan).
> > http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=Bm0_QQ3Z6GUC
> > <
> >
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My books:

*Biogeography and evolution in New Zealand. *Taylor and Francis/CRC, Boca
Raton FL. 2017.
https://www.routledge.com/Biogeography-and-Evolution-in-New-Zealand/Heads/p/book/9781498751872


*Biogeography of Australasia:  A molecular analysis*. Cambridge University
Press, Cambridge. 2014. www.cambridge.org/9781107041028


*Molecular panbiogeography of the tropics. *University of California Press,
Berkeley. 2012. www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520271968


*Panbiogeography: Tracking the history of life*. Oxford University Press,
New York. 1999. (With R. Craw and J. Grehan).
http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=Bm0_QQ3Z6GUC
<http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=Bm0_QQ3Z6GUC&dq=panbiogeography&source=gbs_navlinks_s>