Taxacom: published names without description

[Adam Cotton]

Scott,

Thank you very much for your reply. I was actually asking whether there 
would be a simple way (other than 'unavailable name') to cite such names 
as part of a single line in a synonymic list: name, author, year, 
citation, 'status (where necessary)'.

It occurred to me that, as Francisco pointed out
> A nomen nudum is a name that fails to meet the conditions of Art. 13.
and that Article 16 (Names published after 1999) was new to the 4th edition.

Perhaps the authors of the 4th edition deliberately decided NOT to 
include names that do not comply with Article 16 as nomina nuda, or 
perhaps it was an oversight. Maybe someone here knows whether this was 
deliberate or not.

If it was an oversight, and the writers of the 5th edition feel it would 
be a good idea I would suggest that the definition be changed to include 
published names which do not comply with Article 16 between 2000 and 
before xxxx (date of publication of the 5th edition, when I understand 
this issue may become redundant for new names if registration = 
publication).

It seems that in fact the term 'nomen nudum' is only defined in the 
Glossary, so it may well have been an oversight not to include Article 
16. I could not find the term in the main body of the Code other than as 
an example for Recommendation 51F.

Adam.


On 13/12/2024 04:57, Scott Thomson via Taxacom wrote:
> Hi Adam,
>
> the way I deal with it in synonymies I build in global lists, so a lot of
> them, is to list them as "unavailable name" but with a specific reference
> as to why, so I will cite the paper that says it is unavailable or
> reference the article of the code it failed. I wont just say "unavailable
> name" with nothing else as it's too ambiguous and could really mean many
> things. Also as I am writing checklists it's important that I am not making
> decisions per se in the checklist itself, rather that I am following the
> scientific literature and consensus. By citing something after this I hope
> to make that clear.
>
> Cheers Scott
>
> On Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 6:37?PM Adam Cotton via Taxacom <
> taxacom at lists.ku.edu> wrote:
>
>> Having been away for a few days I was catching up on the e-mails that
>> came in on Taxacom and one interesting question occurred to me.
>>
>> Assuming a name is introduced in a publication complying with Articles 8
>> & 13 but is unavailable due to non-compliance with Article 16, the name
>> is not treated as a nomen nudum but as an 'unavailable name'. There are
>> a number of such names in my subject group.
>>
>> My question is, how should such an 'unavailable name' be treated in a
>> synonymy? Nomina nuda can have '[nomen nudum]' placed after the entry
>> for the name, but what is the best indication for a name in this case?
>> Just '[unavailable name]' seems rather awkward.
>>
>> Adam.