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Taxacom: Dates of e-pubs ahead of print?

Adam Cotton thaibaggie at gmail.com
Sat Sep 3 15:06:22 CDT 2022


On 04/09/2022 02:53, Francisco Welter-Schultes via Taxacom wrote:
>
> A name that qualifies for being a nomen nudum must be published in the 
> sense of the Code.
>
> Glossary:
> nomen nudum (pl. nomina nuda), n. A Latin term referring to a name 
> that, if published before 1931, fails to conform to Art. 12; or, if 
> published after 1930, fails to conform to Art. 13. A nomen nudum is 
> not an available name, and therefore the same name may be made 
> available later for the same or a different concept; in such a case it 
> would take authorship and date [Arts. 50, 21] from that act of 
> establishment, not from any earlier publication as a nomen nudum.
>
> In short words, a nomen nudum is a published new name that was not 
> equipped with a description.
>
> This is too brief, because a description can be substituted by 
> something else, but this is the idea behind.
>
> Best wishes
> Francisco
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Francisco,

What status do you give to names published after 1999 but not complying 
with Article 16? I would also treat these as nomina nuda.

Adam.


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