Taxacom: Fwd: Two or more authors: language

[Paul van Rijckevorsel]

Scientific names are treated as Latin. However, an author
citation is not part of the scientific name, so that is no
reason to treat an author citation as Latin.

The issue of how to represent author citations should be
a style issue, and will depend on the style guidelines of
the target journal, website, etc.

Paul

On 07/08/2025 06:35, Mikhail Daneliya via Taxacom wrote:
> Thank you Tony and all!
>
> I have no intention to insist on the use of "et" as they are indeed the
> same thing.
>
> Yet, the ampersand was introduced in many languages, and the use of "et" in
> biological names emphasises that it is Latin. Besides "&" is also used in
> citations, as we do it in a language we write, like Paramblyops rostrata
> Holt et Tattersall, 1905 (Holt &/and/und Tattersall, 1905).
>
> It is still a matter of taste, but everyone has their own reason to use
> either of two. I am curious of those.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Mikhail
>