Taxacom: Excluded names and availability

[Douglas Yanega]

On 6/13/22 10:14 AM, Mike Sadka via Taxacom wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have a question about excluded names and their relationship to availability.
>
> Is it the case that excluded names are not considered either available or unavailable because they are excluded, or are such names unavailable because they are excluded?

It depends on why it is excluded.

 From the Glossary:

"*excluded name*

    A name that underArticle 1.3
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A few under the former are unavailable names, but most are nothing. The 
latter category is unpublished, and therefore also neither available nor 
unavailable.

Peace,

-- 
Doug Yanega      Dept. of Entomology       Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314     skype: dyanega
phone: (951) 827-4315 (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
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