Taxacom: interpretation of Article 23.9.5 - applicability to a case of junior primary homonymy

[Adam Cotton]

On 19/07/2025 01:33, Francisco Welter-Schultes via Taxacom wrote:
> Dear Matheus,
> <snip>
> So you have a third alternative: Just continue using the Brazilian 
> name, wait for the 5th edition of the Code being in force (maybe in 4 
> or 5 years), and if it will contain such a provision as explained 
> above, take the corresponding action and save the usage of the 
> Brazilian name by this method.
>
> Best wishes
> Francisco

This is one positive point of the wording of the current Article 23.9.5 
... if an application to the Commission is not submitted, then the 
junior name continues to be the valid taxon name ad infinitum and a 
replacement name proposed after 1999 cannot be considered as the valid 
taxon name.

I agree with Francisco, it would be better to wait until the 5th edition 
is published, considering the name as valid under Article 23.9.5. and 
then act on the provisions of the 5th edition.

Assuming you are planning to publish a work including this taxon I would 
recommend publishing a statement about the junior name that Article 
23.9.5 applies to this name. My coauthors and I took this approach in a 
2023 publication.

Adam.