Taxacom: Mandatory ending correction after 226 years of wrong usage - the Dasytes case

[Paul van Rijckevorsel]

Hi Francisco,

Stability.

Paul


On 02/02/2025 12:03, Francisco Welter-Schultes via Taxacom wrote:
> Dear Paul,
> do you know why under the botanical Code changing the ending of 
> epithets is avoided, by conserving traditionally applied genders for 
> generic names?
>
> Cheers
> Francisco
>
> Am 02.02.2025 um 11:43 schrieb Paul van Rijckevorsel via Taxacom:
>>
>> On 29/01/2025 23:44, Douglas Yanega via Taxacom wrote:
>>>
>>> [...] Second, you seem to be using a different definition of
>>> stability than what the Code uses. [...] Instability is *when 
>>> taxonomists disagree* on what name/spelling/variant to use. The 
>>> Code's concept of stability/instability is more akin to the 
>>> dichotomy between consensus and dispute, and not the sense of "never 
>>> changing". Names can change a LOT without creating instability, as 
>>> long as all taxonomists adopt the changes.
>> ***
>> If the zoological /Code/ were to mean this by "instability" this
>> would represent an extremely unfortunate choice of words,
>> quite unnecessary because there is no lack of words which
>> would avoid this ambiguity.
>>
>> Also, it would be quite counter to the spirit of a /Code/ of
>> nomenclature, in general. The purpose of a /Code/ is to govern
>> names (directly), and thereby promote consensus among users
>> (that is, indirectly). Not the other way round.
>>
>> It is also contradicted by Principle 4: "... would be destructive
>> of stability or universality ..." which clearly accepts stability
>> and universality as two separate concepts.
>>
>> FWIW, under the 'botanical' Code, it is not at all uncommon
>> to conserve generic names with a particular gender, so as to
>> avoid changes in endings of epithets.
>>
>> Paul
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