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

[Francisco Welter-Schultes]

Paul,
In zoology many (or some?) taxonomists argue that changing the ending of 
a specific name is not an issue of stability, because the name does not 
change, only the ending. Do botanists follow a different approach?

Cheers
Francisco

Am 02.02.2025 um 14:14 schrieb Paul van Rijckevorsel via Taxacom:
> 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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