Treatment of taxon names and concepts

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There are two positions on the eligibility of informal names (n. sp. 1) to be considered protonyms. This has not been settled. Both are presented here:
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<th>Protonym</th>
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<th>Multinomial</th></tr>
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<td>A new species is described and published.</td>
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<td>New</td>
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<td>New</td>
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<td>New</td>
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<td>New</td></tr>
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<td>A species name is misapplied</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>Different, may match previously existing concept</td>
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<td>New</td></tr>
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<td>A species name is misspelled</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>New</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>New</td></tr>
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<td>A new species is described using a junior primary homonym</td>
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<td>New</td>
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<td>New</td>
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<td>New</td>
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<td>New</td></tr>
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<td>A replacement name is provided for a junior homonym</td>
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<td>New</td>
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<td>New</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>New</td></tr>
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<td>A revised description is given for a species</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>New</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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<td>A new species is described without qualifying under the rules of nomenclature</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>New</td>
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<td>New</td>
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<td>New</td></tr>
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<td>A previously known concept is given a formal description</td>
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<td>New</td>
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<td>New</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>Old datanym is deleted and new datanym created.</td></tr>
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<td>An incorrectly formed name receives a required emendation</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>New</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>New</td></tr>
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<td>A name receives an unjustified emendation</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>New</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>New</td></tr>
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<td>A species is transferred to a different genus.&nbsp; The spelling may change to match the gender of the genus.</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>New</td>
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<td>Concepts for the two genera change, but not the concept for the species.</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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<td>A new subspecies is described separating what was an undivided species.</td>
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<td>One new for the new subspecies</td>
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<td>Two new for the two subspecies</td>
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<td>Two new for the two subspecies</td>
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<td>Previous datanym becomes the datanym of the nominotypical subspecies.&nbsp; (This preserves relationships with other tables.)&nbsp; Two new datanyms are created.</td></tr>
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<td>A new subspecies is described from an area outside the range of what was an undivided species.</td>
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<td>One new for the new subspecies</td>
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<td>Two new for the two subspecies</td>
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<td>Old concept moves to the nominotypical subspecies, one new for the other subspecies, one new for the species.</td>
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<td>Previous datanym becomes the datanym of the nominotypical subspecies.&nbsp; Two new datanyms are created.</td></tr>
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<td>A species is demoted to a subspecies in a species previously without subspecies.</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>Two new for the two subspecies</td>
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<td>One new concept applies to the resulting species, two old concepts apply to the subspecies.</td>
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<td>Previous datanym becomes the datanym of the nominotypical subspecies.&nbsp; The other subspecies retains its datanym.&nbsp; A new datanym is created for the species.</td></tr>
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<td>A subspecies is made a synonym of the only other subspecies.</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>Concepts for the two subspecies are discontinued.</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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<td>A subspecies is separated as a species different from the only other subspecies.</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>One new, two old discontinued</td>
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<td>Concept for the previous species is discontinued.</td>
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<td>Datanym for the species is no longer used.&nbsp; Datanym for the nominotypical subspecies becomes the datanym for the species.&nbsp; Datanym for the other subspecies remains.</td></tr>
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<td>A subspecies is separated as a species different from the other two subspecies.</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>One new</td>
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<td>Concept for the old species is replaced by a new one.&nbsp; Concept for the subspecies separated remains unchanged.</td>
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<td>Datanym for the old subspecies becomes the datanym for the new species.</td></tr>
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<td>A species group is described</td>
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<td>Not applicable</td>
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<td>Not applicable</td>
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<td>New</td>
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<td>New</td></tr>
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<td>A form is descibed while forms were still permitted by the Code</td>
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<td>New</td>
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<td>New</td>
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<td>New</td>
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<td>New</td></tr>
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<td>A form is described after forms were prohibited by the code</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>New</td>
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<td>New</td>
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<td>New</td></tr>
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<td>A form described when permitted is raised to subspecies rank.</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>New</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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<td>A form described when not permitted is raised to subspecies rank.</td>
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<td>New</td>
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<td>New</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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<td>A nomen dubium species is described.</td>
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<td>New</td>
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<td>New</td>
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<td>Not applicable</td>
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<td>New</td></tr>
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<td>A nomen nudum is described and cannot be identified.</td>
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<td>New</td>
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<td>New</td>
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<td>Not applicable</td>
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<td>New</td></tr>
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<td>A nomen nudum species is described and can be identified.</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>New</td>
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<td>New if not an existing concept</td>
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Latest revision as of 16:30, 13 September 2012

There are two positions on the eligibility of informal names (n. sp. 1) to be considered protonyms. This has not been settled. Both are presented here:


Preliminary design document for taxon names and concepts
Alternate preliminary design document for taxon names and concepts
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