[Taxacom] Question about labelling types

[Stephen Thorpe]

I don't understand Geoff.

>We're not in the business of perpetuating false or dubious holotype labellings<

I agree, but by designating it as lectotype, one makes the falsehood less (i.e. although still not a holotype, it at least becomes a primary type, which is all that really matters in case someone has already treated it as such).

>Each syntype is of equal value until looked at<

I agree, but once looked at, if found to be more or less equal still, then one should designate as lectotype the one with the spurious holotype label on it! That's all I was saying!

Stephen


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On Tue, 1/3/16, Geoff Read <gread at actrix.gen.nz> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Question about labelling types
 To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
 Received: Tuesday, 1 March, 2016, 3:28 PM
 
 
 No Fred (& Scott), because in the case we discussed the
 label as holotype
 was not correct and may have had a spurious origin. We're
 not in the
 business of perpetuating false or dubious holotype
 labellings.  Each
 syntype is of equal value until looked at.
 
 Yes, let's do this thread again, and again. Not!
 
 Geoff
 
 On 2/29/2016 6:57 PM, Scott Thomson wrote:
 > I am curious here, other arguments aside. Is there a
 valid reason to set a
 > lectotype? you cannot do it because you want to there
 needs to be a
 > potential issue at hand. So what if they are syntypes,
 as long as they all
 > represent the same species. I do not see a museum label
 saying holotype as
 > an issue per se, I can see Stephens point that if you
 did feel the need to
 > set a lectotype then the one labelled as holotype would
 be a reasonable
 > choice, but first there must be a reason to do it.
 
 * to have the thread come around and bite its own tail,
 might not the
 fact that a specimen is labelled 'holotype' and might have
 been so
 regarded, be a reason to designate it as the lectotype?
 
 fred.
 
 
 
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