On 29-Aug-23 03:13, Thomas McCabe via Taxacom wrote: > ... states "We advocate an explicit requirement for > state-specific and contrastive diagnoses." Doesn't section 13.1.1 of the > ICZN fulfill this requirement? I do not have access to the other codes, but > I wonder if they too contain such stipulations. *** Rule 27 of the ICNP can be found here: https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.the-icsp.org%2Fimages%2Freports%2F2023_Oren%2520et%2520al_ICNP%25202022%2520Revision%2520-%2520Preprint%2520-%25202023-03-10.pdf%23page%3D25&data=05%7C01%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7C8bcda80d97b04b58516008dba86cfea2%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C638288958455381541%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=vVGG2XvCrh%2FrEgiW3YNVRi5tJFM9Hm4zo4Ull7joLts%3D&reserved=0 The ICNafp has Art. 38: https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iapt-taxon.org%2Fnomen%2Fpages%2Fmain%2Fart_38.html&data=05%7C01%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7C8bcda80d97b04b58516008dba86cfea2%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C638288958455381541%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2Bn5PpCRfXi5TDK8fsg9%2FJgd1vmttnuGlgMVi0P3uDZ4%3D&reserved=0 Note that Art. 38.4 provides the opportunity to ask for a ruling on whether or not a particular description or diagnosis meets the requirements for valid publication. And for pre-1908 names, Art. 38.7-8 deal with illustrations instead of a description or diagnosis. Paul -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.avg.com%2F&data=05%7C01%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7C8bcda80d97b04b58516008dba86cfea2%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C638288958455381541%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=8alKCTFq4OlCcTz8MsjS67vbSw1XVWsSla144lPj1nk%3D&reserved=0