[Taxacom] Plant nomenclature query

[Paul van Rijckevorsel]

What Jim said.

BTW: a nomen nudum is defined as "published without a
description or diagnosis or reference to a description or diagnosis"

Paul

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim L. Reveal" <jlr326 at cornell.edu>
To: "Richard Jensen" <rjensen at saintmarys.edu>; "Paul van Rijckevorsel" 
<dipteryx at freeler.nl>
Cc: "Taxacom" <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 2:25 PM
Subject: RE: [Taxacom] Plant nomenclature query


No, but see the following paper about the frustration of this problem: 
http://www.mapress.com/phytotaxa/content/2014/f/pt00163p240.pdf
Jim Reveal
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Sent: Friday, April 4, 2014 8:20 AM
To: Paul van Rijckevorsel
Cc: Taxacom
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Plant nomenclature query

Hi Paul,

If designation of a holotype is part of validly publishing a new species,
and the holotype was never deposited, does that make the species a nomen
nudum?

Cheers,

Dick


On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 4:09 AM, Paul van Rijckevorsel
<dipteryx at freeler.nl>wrote:

> Yes, there is only one holotype, and there can be only one
> (Art. 9.1).
>
> In practice, the problem is indeed to establish what
> happened with the holotype (maybe it is going to be
> deposited in the future?). If it is really lost, then, of course,
> a lectotype needs to be designated.
>
> Paul
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "But Paul" <paulbut at hotmail.com>
> To: "Matt Buys" <Matt.Buys at scionresearch.com>
> Cc: <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 7:06 AM
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Plant nomenclature query
>
>
> > My interpretation is that It is difficult to exclude other possibilities
> including misplacement and misfiling. However, after searching in vain 
> with
> due diligence, it is acceptable to propose designation of one of the
> isotypes as a lectotype. It will serve as the type until proven otherwise.
> >
> > Paul But
> > Shiu-Ying Hu Herbarium
> > Chinese University of Hong Kong
> >
> >
> > ??? iPhone ??
> >
> > "Matt Buys" <Matt.Buys at scionresearch.com> ? 2014?4?4? 9:06 ???
> >
> >> Hi.
> >>
> >> An author has published a new species and cities a holotype deposited
> in one herbarium, and a host of isotypes deposited in other herbaria.  It
> turns out the holotype specimen was never deposited.  Only some of the
> isotypes have been deposited. What to do now?  Would one of the isotypes
> become the holotype by default, do you have to officially designate one
> isotype as the "new" holotype, etc.?
> >>
> >> Yours
> >>
> >> M@
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Richard Jensen, Professor
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