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Taxacom: Single official lists of taxa (sensu Doug Yanega many proposals to this list)

George Beccaloni g.beccaloni at gmail.com
Thu Jul 6 02:10:15 CDT 2023 

I have been a user of scientific names for about 46 years and have never
found it useful to learn the meanings - certainly not in order to remember
them.

George
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On Thu, 6 Jul 2023 at 08:00, Michael Heads <m.j.heads at gmail.com> wrote:

> No, I don't want them to learn - if *they *want to learn, I'm giving a
> tip. Most of my students find that learning the meaning of a name is a help
> in remembering it. Eventually they learn that '-folia' refers to the leaf,
> '-flora' to the flower, that 'Bentham' was a famous botanist,  etc.
>
> On Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 6:43 PM George Beccaloni <g.beccaloni at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Sorry, but I don't buy your argument. So you want all biologists,
>> butterfly collectors, bird watchers etc etc to learn "a bit of basic Greek
>> and Latin vocabulary." and understand gender agreement! That isn't going to
>> ever happen.
>>
>> George
>>
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>> *Director, Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project*
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>> On Thu, 6 Jul 2023 at 07:37, Michael Heads <m.j.heads at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 'Surely the ICZN should be mindful of satisfying the actual users of
>>> scientific names, rather than pandering to outdated tradition?'
>>>     While many of the traditional names (and morphological terms) are
>>> old they are not outdated - we use them every day. The easiest way of
>>> dealing with the huge number, which can be overwhelming for a beginner,  is
>>> learning a bit of basic Greek and Latin vocabulary.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 6:09 PM George Beccaloni via Taxacom <
>>> taxacom at lists.ku.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Thomas,
>>>>
>>>> I agree with your students! I simply memorise the currently accepted
>>>> name -
>>>> and I am sure that's what most people do. Most users of names
>>>> (scientists
>>>> who are not taxonomists and the public) know little if anything about
>>>> the
>>>> Code and gender agreement. My belief (which could easily be tested with
>>>> a
>>>> survey of such users) is that many grudgingly accept that species are
>>>> sometimes moved to new genera, but most are bewildered when the
>>>> spellings
>>>> of species-group names are also altered. If the spellings were fixed
>>>> this
>>>> would benefit the majority of users of scientific names. Surely the ICZN
>>>> should be mindful of satisfying the actual users of scientific names,
>>>> rather than pandering to outdated tradition?
>>>>
>>>> George
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> *Director, Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project*
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>>>>
>>>> On Thu, 6 Jul 2023 at 01:10, Thomas Pape via Taxacom <
>>>> taxacom at lists.ku.edu>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > >>> gender agreement is very useful indeed ... as it makes the names
>>>> so
>>>> > much easier to remember [Michael Heads]
>>>> > This is an argument often brought up, and it would be interesting to
>>>> see a
>>>> > formal testing.
>>>> > Over the last five years I have been asking PhD-students and postdocs
>>>> > passing through my museum if they feel that gender agreement helps
>>>> them
>>>> > remember names. They invariably said no. That is not a formal test,
>>>> but it
>>>> > shows that not everybody agrees about this argument, and it may even
>>>> > indicate that gender agreement might be helpful mostly to those with
>>>> some
>>>> > knowledge of Latin.
>>>> >
>>>> > >>> revert to original spellings ... would be the absolute biggest
>>>> public
>>>> > relations nightmare we could ever ask for [Doug Yanega]
>>>> > This is to me the most important issue in the gender agreement debate.
>>>> > Changing, for example, "Bombus lapidarius" into "Bombus lapidaria"
>>>> would
>>>> > probably meet resistance, but I am not sure it would be of nightmarish
>>>> > proportions. Lepisma, the genus of the common silverfish, was ruled
>>>> to be
>>>> > of neuter gender in 2018, but most papers published on silverfish
>>>> since
>>>> > then have been using "Lepisma saccharina". We will probably see a
>>>> gradual
>>>> > increase in the use of "Lepisma saccharinum" over the years, and in a
>>>> few
>>>> > decades this will be the prevailing spelling. And should gender
>>>> agreement
>>>> > be abandoned, we will go back to the original "Lepisma saccharina".
>>>> >
>>>> > /Thomas
>>>> >
>>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>>> > From: Taxacom <taxacom-bounces at lists.ku.edu> On Behalf Of Douglas
>>>> Yanega
>>>> > via Taxacom
>>>> > Sent: 6. juli 2023 00:18
>>>> > To: taxacom at lists.ku.edu
>>>> > Subject: Re: Taxacom: Single official lists of taxa (sensu Doug Yanega
>>>> > many proposals to this list)
>>>> >
>>>> > On 7/5/23 1:54 PM, John Noyes wrote:
>>>> > > Hi Doug,
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Fair enough, but you cannot get away from the argument that gender
>>>> > > agreement is just simply 100% unnecessary. Forget about it being a
>>>> > > waste of time. If we all worked on the premise that all genera have
>>>> no
>>>> > > gender then it would make life a whole lot easier. Like many people
>>>> I
>>>> > > definitely prefer the original spelling.
>>>> >
>>>> > And you work, by and large, with species names that rarely enter the
>>>> > non-taxonomic literature. In contrast, using a few other hymenopteran
>>>> > genera as examples, consider that many of the most common bumblebee
>>>> species
>>>> > in the world, and many of the most common ants, and many of the most
>>>> common
>>>> > paper wasps, would all suddenly have to change spellings because they
>>>> have
>>>> > been in masculine genera for over 100 years, but their original
>>>> Linnaean or
>>>> > Fabrician genera were feminine (e.g., Apis, Formica, and Vespa). The
>>>> many
>>>> > people - including laypeople - who are familiar with common European
>>>> > species like Bombus lapidarius, Camponotus herculeanus, and Polistes
>>>> > gallicus wouldn't be happy *at all*.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > The best estimate is that around 1/6th of the most well-known animal
>>>> > species in the world would have to change their spellings if we
>>>> revert to
>>>> > original spellings (excluding butterflies). That would be the absolute
>>>> > biggest public relations nightmare we could ever ask for. If you
>>>> think the
>>>> > furor over "offensive names" is bad, just imagine how much worse the
>>>> public
>>>> > outcry would be if we told everyone that 1/6th of the animal species
>>>> they
>>>> > know suddenly have different scientific names.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Maybe, if you worked on a group in the public awareness, you might
>>>> feel a
>>>> > little differently about the matter.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > > That way it would be completely objective and 100% stable.
>>>> >
>>>> > Changing 1/6th of all well-known names is *not* promoting stability.
>>>> >
>>>> > > However, if we had to determine the gender of every single genus it
>>>> > > would probably take at least 3 weeks even using the system that you
>>>> > > might be talking about because there is a good proportion of names
>>>> > > that would have to be argued over (e.g. Trichogramma, one of the
>>>> > > best-known genera in parasitic wasps which is currently used as
>>>> neuter
>>>> > > whereas it is actually of female gender; Tetramesa is another that
>>>> > > springs to mind). Also, If we had to check the status (adjective,
>>>> noun
>>>> > > in apposition, etc.) of every species name it would take a good six
>>>> > > months, even using the UCD. I think 6 months is minimum because very
>>>> > > many names appear to be adjectival, but might just be nouns in
>>>> > > apposition, e.g. flavus (a Roman general).
>>>> > >
>>>> > You seem to have missed the point I was making, that we don't want
>>>> > anyone to "argue over" anything, ever again. Complying with gender
>>>> > agreement can be trivially easy, and not involve any linguistic
>>>> research
>>>> > at all, *and no arguing*.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Case in point, under Article 30.1.2 of the Code, all names ending in
>>>> > "-gramma" are neuter, because "γράμμα" (gramma) is a Greek neuter noun
>>>> > transliterated directly into the Latin alphabet, and usage by the
>>>> > coining author is explicitly not taken into consideration.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > "30.1.2. a genus-group name that is or ends in a Greek word
>>>> > transliterated into Latin without other changes takes the gender given
>>>> > for that word in standard Greek dictionaries"
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wiktionary.org%2Fwiki%2F%25CE%25B3%25CF%2581%25CE%25AC%25CE%25BC%25CE%25BC%25CE%25B1&data=05%7C01%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7Cc9e319514ed440bc08fb08db7df01cb2%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C638242242467142600%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=HDM9g9hSG2jDdHkoZGkQKO2YefXDaCSFvcc7Bv8vt3g%3D&reserved=0
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > You appear instead to be looking at "γραμμή" (gramme), which is indeed
>>>> > feminine, but does not transliterate as "gramma".
>>>> >
>>>> >
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>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > In fact, there is a natively Latin noun "gramma" already, and it is
>>>> also
>>>> > neuter.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wiktionary.org%2Fwiki%2Fgramma%23Latin&data=05%7C01%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7Cc9e319514ed440bc08fb08db7df01cb2%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C638242242467142600%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=0Xuoqr4Iy2NQj1dT8ftDO9sAooUTzRGaUDfPwjP%2BoFE%3D&reserved=0
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Accordingly, we appear to have an argument on our hands. However,
>>>> > *arguing* is a waste of your time and my time. It would save everyone
>>>> a
>>>> > lot of annoyance if you were able to simply consult an official list
>>>> of
>>>> > genus names and suffixes, where it says "-gramma" is always neuter and
>>>> > "-gramme" is always feminine. *Then there is no more argument*. Same
>>>> for
>>>> > declaring that names like "flavus" are always adjectival, even if
>>>> > someone, somewhere, used them as a noun. If we try hard enough, can we
>>>> > dig up obscure references that use nouns as adjectives, or adjectives
>>>> as
>>>> > nouns? Maybe we can, but linguistic research is *not our job*.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > No taxonomist should *ever* have to do linguistic research again; we
>>>> CAN
>>>> > eliminate that, by having lists, and still keep gender agreement
>>>> > completely intact as a practice. All of the alternatives to official
>>>> > lists are much worse, including the status quo.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Sincerely,
>>>> >
>>>> > --
>>>> > Doug Yanega      Dept. of Entomology       Entomology Research Museum
>>>> > Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314     skype: dyanega
>>>> > phone: (951) 827-4315 (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
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>>> My books:
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>>> *Biogeography and evolution in New Zealand. *Taylor and Francis/CRC,
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>>>
>>>
>>> *Biogeography of Australasia:  A molecular analysis*. Cambridge
>>> University Press, Cambridge. 2014. https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cambridge.org%2F9781107041028&data=05%7C01%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7Cc9e319514ed440bc08fb08db7df01cb2%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C638242242467142600%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=6FB4qyLArEeLUhA0%2BODlHYqX3pS5l0AKaIhKKEs8NWs%3D&reserved=0
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>>> *Molecular panbiogeography of the tropics. *University of California
>>> Press, Berkeley. 2012. https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ucpress.edu%2Fbook.php%3Fisbn%3D9780520271968&data=05%7C01%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7Cc9e319514ed440bc08fb08db7df01cb2%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C638242242467142600%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=G9AIwB52NpfRoa73jvYnvkfMSFDsZYsCB9OoFsXrOPw%3D&reserved=0
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>>> *Panbiogeography: Tracking the history of life*. Oxford University
>>> Press, New York. 1999. (With R. Craw and J. Grehan).
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> *Biogeography and evolution in New Zealand. *Taylor and Francis/CRC, Boca
> Raton FL. 2017.
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> *Biogeography of Australasia:  A molecular analysis*. Cambridge
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> *Molecular panbiogeography of the tropics. *University of California
> Press, Berkeley. 2012. https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ucpress.edu%2Fbook.php%3Fisbn%3D9780520271968&data=05%7C01%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7Cc9e319514ed440bc08fb08db7df01cb2%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C638242242467142600%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=G9AIwB52NpfRoa73jvYnvkfMSFDsZYsCB9OoFsXrOPw%3D&reserved=0
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> *Panbiogeography: Tracking the history of life*. Oxford University Press,
> New York. 1999. (With R. Craw and J. Grehan).
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