[Taxacom] [iczn-list] Rafinesque 1815 names - by the numbers (Genus-group names episode)

[Alain Dubois]

Thanks Neal (not Nael, sure) for the info,

I checked the Opinions that you mentioned (two of them with wrong numbers).

It is intersring to see that all these Opinions confirm my analyses
regarding the heterogemeity of the generic nomina followed by "R." in
Rafinesque. Just like me, these Opinions distinguished:

(1) Nomina nuda, i.e. generic nomina not followed by available specific
nomina: e.g., Muntiacus mentioned in Opinion 460 (not 2333), the 3 generic
nomina listed in Direction 37 or Mabuya listed in Direction 56.

(2) Available nomina for which descriptions/definitions were given: e.g.
all the 1814 nomina listed in Opinion 522.

(3) Nomina which were introduced under the format "Neparia R. Nepa L.",
which are available nomina nova and as such do not require descriptions or
included speciies: e.g. Niphea in Opinion 522, Rhinostomus in Opinion 345
or Parnalius in Opinion 1134..

These are the original statuses of these nomina in Rafinesque's works, but
of course, in the opinions at stake, the Commission, using its Plenary
Powers, has sometimes modified the original status of these nomina,
resulting e.g. in  providing availability to nomina nuda (e.g. Muntiacus)
or in validating available nomina (e.g. various nomina in Opinion 522). But
this has no bearing on the original status of the nomen, which in all cases
was treated by the Commission exactly in the same way as I did in my
previous messages.

Alain (not Alian, sure)
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Le mar. 12 févr. 2019 à 01:58, Neal Evenhuis <neale at bishopmuseum.org> a
écrit :

> Hi all,
>
> More background on ICZN action on Rafinesque 1815 names - just the
> genus-group names this time (family-group names later as there are way more
> that the ICZN has acted upon).
>
> Out of 1,130 genus-group names in Rafinesque 1815 with an “R” after the
> name, 29 were treated previously by Rafinesque in his 1810 or 1814 works,
> 15 of which were nomina nuda in 1814 and 1815.
>
> Of the 1,101 remaining 1815 names, 32 have been acted upon by the ICZN in
> 20 Opinions and 5 Directions; 29 names have been placed on the Official
> Index, 3 have been placed on the Official List (namely, Fusinus [Gastropod;
> Opinion 2367], Rhinostomus [Coleoptera; Opinion 345], and Muntiacus
> [Mammal; Opinion 2333]).
>
> Opinion 522 (the example I sent that apparently did not deal with
> Rafinesque, my apologies to Alain for messing up on thinking that it did),
> 6 Rafinesque names were placed on the Official Index, the most of any
> action by the ICZN to date dealing with Rafinesque names.
> Direction 37 — 3 names placed on the Official index.
> Opinion 1134 — 2 names placed on the Official List
>
> All other Opinions and Directions placed one name each on either the List
> or Index; with one name (Acilius being acted upon in two separate Opinions
> — 522 and 619).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Neal
> (Yes, it is as it appears, I’m afraid — I have no life ……  but I’m still
> happy as a camel on Wednesday)
>
> :-)
>
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