Taxacom: Hogklintia vs Hoegklintia (ICN)- opinions please...

Thu Sep 5 01:18:40 CDT 2024

Actually I missed this passage in the cited work by Eley & Legault, 1988:
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 Editor's Note: The original spelling of the generic name for the acritarch
Högklintia by Doming (1981) does not satisfy the provisions of I.C.B.N.
Art. 73 because it contains a diacritical sign which is not to be used in
Latin plant names. The name has therefore been corrected herein to
Hoegklintia (as provided in Art. 73.6), which becomes the validly published
form of the name (also see Art. 75.1, 75.3).
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However this is incorrect so far as I can see, since Dorning definitely
spelled his new genus Hogklintia not Högklintia, see
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Regards - Tony

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On Thu, 5 Sept 2024 at 16:09, Tony Rees <tonyrees49 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Taxacomers,
>
> Just seeking opinions on the correct/"accepted" (=in current use) spelling
> of an acritarch genus (fossil organic-walled microplankton, treated under
> the botanical Code i.e. ICNafp).
>
> In 1981 Ken Dorning, an acritarch taxonomist, created the genus Hogklintia
> [sic], based on material from the "Högklint Beds, Högklint, Gotland", along
> with several species transferred into that genus from elsewhere, namely
> H. ancyrea, H. cylindrica and H. digitata, in addition to the type
> species, Hogklintia visbyense n. comb. (Basionym : Baltisphaeridium
> visbyense Eisenack 1959).
>
> Ref. is Ken J. Dorning. (1981). Silurian acritarchs from the type Wenlock
> and Ludlow of Shropshire, England. , 34(2), 175–203.
> doi:10.1016/0034-6667(81)90037-3, and is accessible e.g. via sci-hub if not
> elsewhere.
>
> In 1988, Eley et al. started calling this genus Hoegklintia
> (also Högklintia in their text), presumably treating Dornings original
> orthography as incorrect based on the name of the type locality, then
> transliterating ö to oe as permitted (actually, mandated) by the botanical
> Code.
>
> This reference is Eley, Betty E.; Legault, J. A. . (1988). Palymorphs from
> the Manitoulin Formation (Early Llandovery) of southern Ontario.
> Palynology, 12(1), 49–63. doi:10.1080/01916122.1988.9989336
>
> These authors do not mention the fact that they have altered the
> orthography of the name from the original, or any justification for this.
>
> Since that time, the "-oe-" spelling has gradually permeated the
> literature  overtaking the "-o-" spelling, as demonstrated in the following
> table ex Google Scholar mentions, just now:
>
> + acritarch
>
>             Hogklintia  Hoegklintia
>
> 1981-1985       5           0
> 1986-1990       5           2
> 1991-1995       3           2
> 1996-2000       3           10
> 2001-2005       2           8
> 2006-2010       2           12
> 2011-2015       1           9
> 2016-2020       2           8
> 2021-2014       1           4
>
> Even Dorning himself is using "Hoegklintia" more recently, see e.g. 7 uses
> (and none for the -o- form) in:
> Le Hérissé, A., Dorning, K. J., Mullins, G. L., & Wicander, R. (2009).
> Global patterns of organic-walled phytoplankton biodiversity during the
> late Silurian to earliest Devonian. Palynology, 33(1), 25–75.
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> Index Nominum Genericorum, and Index Nominum Algarum, 2 nomenclators
> (registers of names as originally published), not surprisingly persist with
> the (original) -o- form, citing the original 1981 publication. Meanwhile
> the John Williams Index of Palaeopalynology, as reproduced in facsimile on
> the "Acritax" website, which lists new species as originally described, has
> a mix of both -o- and -oe- forms, see
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> For my IRMNG database, I use "accepted" for names in current use, even if
> technically incorrect, and "unaccepted" for others. What would you do in
> this case? My inclination is to give Hoegklintia as "accepted", with
> Hogklintia as an original spelling no longer used by the majority of
> workers, but I am open to other suggestions...
>
> Regards - Tony
>
> Tony Rees, New South Wales, Australia
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