[Taxacom] Binding decisions under the ICN

[John McNeill]

Paul & al.:

The Nomenclature Section of the International Botanical Congress in Melbourne in July 2011 accepted Art. 53 Prop. G to establish an Appendix to list binding decisions regarding confusability of names and also a new resolution to establish an Appendix to list binding decisions made on valid publication of names (see http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax/2011/00000060/00000001/art00033 and http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax/2011/00000060/00000005/art00034 ).

These new Appendices will appear in the Appendices section of the forthcoming Melbourne Code which will be online and so will provide the needed databases to which you refer.

John 



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>>> "Paul van Rijckevorsel"  05/25/12 9:45 AM >>>
Well, I was just making an observation (just in case that thematter had escaped attention).
 
Another matter which might be worth considering is the inclusion in this database of decisions regarding names-to-be-treated-as-homonyms and names-that-have-been-decided-to-be-not-validly-published (either because of an inadequate description or diagnosis or because they are in works-to-be-suppressed), and of course names that have been put forward as such, but where a decision has been made the other way. At the moment, these are untraceable, except to those who are willing to dig through a very considerable pile of issues of Taxon.
 
Paul
 
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  From:   John McNeill 
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  Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 10:25 AM
  Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Malus domestica   conservation proposal
  

Paul, Scott & al.

The   "Proposals and Disposals" site was maintained by Dan Nicolson whose health now   precludes any botanical work.  The Department of Botany at the   Smithsonian Institution have now made arrangements for the site to continue to   be maintained, but, again for reasons outside of their control, there has been   some delay in getting it   up-to-date.

John

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      Honorary Associate, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
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Telephone:    +44-131-248-2848;  fax:   +44-131-248-2901
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>>>   "Paul van Rijckevorsel"  05/25/12 8:41 AM   >>>
Yes, the "Proposals and Disposals" site at the Smithsonian can   be very useful, but the Malus domestica proposal is not listed, nor are the   actions taken on the Malus toringoides proposal, although this has been   reported on by the special Committee and the General Committee, and has been   accepted by the Melbourne Congress. The Malus domestica proposal was published   in April 2010, so it looks as if the site lags more than two years behind?   Perhaps an additional person should be assigned to keep it up to   date?

Publishing the deliberations of a Committee looks to be a very   attractive idea, but perhaps for some groups of taxa the outside pressure is   felt to be too severe for such openness to be risked?

Paul