CONGRESS ACTION, XIX IBC (2017)
Congres action on proposals-to-amend-the-Code
at the XIX IBC,
the 2017, Shenzen Congress.
Based on (by permission of the
IAPT):
Nicholas J. Turland,
John H. Wiersema,
Anna M. Monro,
Yun-Fei Deng &
Li Zhang,
“XIX
International Botanical Congress:
Preliminary mail vote
and report of Congress action on nomenclature proposals”
(in
Taxon 66: 1234-1245. 2017).
Links go to the relevant page of a PDF, a local copy (copyright IAPT).
See also:
•
conversion table
•
list of proposals
| Synopsis | Proposal as submitted | Congress action | Comm. advice |
was accepted as amended,
replacing “material” by
“text and illustrations”;
placement of the new sentence
(e.g., in
Art. 6, as proposed, or in
Art. 32, as suggested
by the Rapporteurs in the Synopsis) was referred to the
Editorial Committee with instructions to ensure that
there will be no negative consequences.
was accepted as amended
to replace “barcode numbers”
by “specimen identifiers”.
| Art. 8 - Prop. D | – 295 – Sennikov & Calonje | – ed.c. | |
| Art. 8 - Prop. E | – 196 – Niederle | – no | |
| Art. 8 - Prop. F | – 197 – Niederle | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 8 - Prop. G | – 248 – Sennikov | – ed.c. | |
| Art. 8 - Prop. H | – 247 – Deng | – ed.c. | |
| Art. 8 - Prop. I | – 365 – Gautier & al. | – yes | |
| Art. 8 - Prop. J | – 307 – Husain & al. | – no | |
| Art. 8 - Prop. K | – 305 – Husain & al. | – no | |
| Art. 8 - Prop. L | – 250 – Sennikov | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 8 - Prop. M | – 294 – Sennikov & Calonje | – ed.c. | |
| Art. 8 - Prop. N | – 251 – Sennikov | – withdrawn | |
| Art. 8 - Prop. O | – 308 – Hawksworth & al. | c.fun.: sp.c. |
was amended by deletion of the words “In fungi” and
referred to the
Special Committee on DNA Sequences
as Types, together with Rec. 8C Prop. A and
Art. 9
Prop. A.
A proposal from the floor (McNeill)
was accepted to
further amend Art. 9 Note 1
adding, after the new
“(i.e.
specimen or illustration)”:
“when
preparing the account
of the new taxon”.
| Art. 9 - Prop. D | – 293 – Sennikov & Calonje | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 9 - Prop. E | – 029 – Liao & al. |
was accepted
as amended,
converting the Note to a Rule
and specifying that omissions of required information
(e.g., under
Art. 40.6 and 40.7) are not correctable
(the
Editorial Committee to formulate the wording).
was accepted
as amended, replacing “other material”
by “illustration with analysis” and adding
a cross-reference to
Art. 38.7 and 38.8 to clarify that
an illustration with analysis can be equivalent to
a validating description or diagnosis.
| Art. 9 - Prop. K | – 044 – Clementi & Peruzzi | – no (autom.) | |
| Art. 9 - Prop. L | – 190 – Sennikov | – no (autom.) | |
| Art. 9 - Prop. M | – 356 – Hawksworth | c.fun.: + |
was amended, deleting “of a fungus” and replacing
“unless it shows, in the opinion of the typifying author(s),”
by
“unless
the typifying authors include a statement that
it shows”.
Both Prop. M and N, as amended, were
referred to the new Special Committee on Typification.
| Art. 9 - Prop. N | – 357 – Hawksworth | c.fun.: – |
was amended, replacing “of the names of fungi” by
“of names”.
Both Prop. M and N, as amended, were
referred to the new Special Committee on Typification.
| Art. 9 - Prop. O | – 370 – McNeill |
was accepted as amended, inserting “a duplicate of”
before “the type of the conserved name”, with a
suggestion to the Editorial Committee to incorporate
the Note into Art. 9.4.
| Art. 9 - Prop. P | – 198 – Singh | – ed.c. | |
| Art. 9 - Prop. Q | – 199 – Husain & al. | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 9 - Prop. R | – 200 – Husain & al. | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 9 - Prop. S | – 201 – Husain & al. | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 9 - Prop. T | – 290 – Sennikov & Calonje |
was accepted as amended,
replacing “is extant or
has been in existence” by “exists”.
| Art. 9 - Prop. U | – 063 – Hawksworth | – sp.c. | |
| Art. 9 - Prop. V | – 241 – Wiersema & al. | – sp.c. | |
| Art. 9 - Prop. W | – 032 – Jørgensen | – ed.c. | |
| Art. 9 - Prop. X | – 192 – Sennikov | – ed.c. | |
| Art. 9 - Prop. Y | – 020 – Prado & Moran | – yes | |
| Art. 9 - Prop. Z | – 253 – Sennikov | – sp.c. | |
| Art. 9 - Prop. AA | – 246 – Deng | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 9 - Prop. BB | – 312 – Ferrer-Gallego & Crespo | – yes | |
| Art. 9 - Prop. CC | – 260 – Procków & Procków | – no | |
| Art. 9 - Prop. DD | – 252 – Sennikov | – sp.c. | |
| Art. 9 - Prop. EE | – 254 – Sennikov | – sp.c. | |
| Art. 9 - Prop. FF | – 257 – Sennikov | – ed.c. | |
| Art. 9 - Prop. GG | – 045 – Ferrer-Gallego & al. | – no | |
| Art. 9 - Prop. HH | – 259 – Procków & Procków | – no | |
| Art. 9 - Prop. II | – 261 – Procków & Procków | – yes | |
| Art. 9 - Prop. JJ | – 255 – Sennikov | – ed.c. | |
| Art. 9 - Prop. KK | – 296 – Sennikov & Calonje | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 9 - Prop. LL | – 086 – Bhattacharjee, A. & al. | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 9 - Prop. MM | – 313 – Wisnev | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 9 - Prop. NN | – 368 – McNeill & al. |
was accepted as amended,
replacing “otherwise” by
“if none exists,”.
[ ]
[ ]
A proposal from the floor (McNeill) was
accepted to amend
Art. 9 Note 7 to add
“lost, destroyed, or” before “superseded”.
was accepted as amended,
the new provision to start:
“Unless the author[s] specifically state[s] that they are
[he/she is] not following a mechanical method of type
selection, the following criteria ...”.
| Art. 10 - Prop. G | – 396 – Sp.C. mech. type sel. | – ed.c. [ ] [ ] [ ] | |
| Rec. 10A - Prop. A | – 395 – Sp.C. mech. type sel. | – yes | |
| Art. 11 - Prop. A | – 033 – Mazumdar |
was accepted as amended,
the Note to be incorporated
into Art. 11.4, and adding that, if there is no final epithet
available, a replacement name or the name of a new taxon
may be published (the Editorial Committee to formulate
the wording).
[ ]
| Art. 11 - Prop. B | – 315 – Head & al. | – yes | c.fos.: + |
| Art. 11 - Prop. C | – 319 – Head & al. | – ed.c. | c.fos.: + |
| Art. 11 - Prop. D | – 316 – Head & al. | – ed.c. | c.fos.: + |
| Art. 11 - Prop. E | – 317 – Head & al. | – ed.c. | c.fos.: + |
| Art. 11 - Prop. F | – 318 – Head & al. | – ed.c. | c.fos.: + |
| Art. 13 - Prop. A | – 231 – Nakada | – no (mail vote) | c.alg.: – |
| Art. 13 - Prop. B | – 038 – Sennikov | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 14 - Prop. A | – 102 – Barkworth & al. | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 14 - Prop. B | – 103 – Barkworth & al. | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 14 - Prop. C | – 234 – Wiersema & al. | – yes |
A proposal from the floor (Wilson, McNeill, Mabberley,
Barrie & Funk) was accepted to add to the end of
Art. 14.3:
“14.3 [...]
Application of conserved and rejected names of
nothogenera is determined by a statement of parentage
(Art. H.9.1).”
| Art. 14 - Prop. D | – 157 – van Rijckevorsel | – ed.c. | |
| Art. 14 - Prop. E | – 158 – van Rijckevorsel | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 14 - Prop. F | – 207 – Machado & dos Santos | – no (mail vote) | gen.c.: ed.c. |
| Art. 14 - Prop. G | – 208 – Machado & dos Santos | – no (mail vote) | gen.c.: ed.c. |
| Art. 14 - Prop. H | – 068 – Hawksworth | – yes | c.fun.: + |
| Art. 14 - Prop. I | – 072 – Hawksworth | – yes | c.fun.: + |
| Art. 14 - Prop. J | – 075 – Hawksworth | – yes | c.fun.: +, IAL: + |
| Art. 14 - Prop. K | – 073 – Hawksworth | – yes | c.fun.: + |
| Art. 14 - Prop. L | – 372 – McNeill | – yes | |
| Art. 14 - Prop. M | – 236 – Wiersema & al. |
was accepted as amended,
inserting “nomenclature”
before “proposals database”
in the final clause of Note 4,
adding the correct title of the database,
and deleting
“at http://botany.si.edu/references/codes/props/index.cfm”.
was accepted as amended, inserting “and format” (or
“and layout”), after “content”.
It was then further
amended (Turland & Knapp) to delete the agreed-upon
“and format” (or “and layout”).
was accepted as amended,
inserting “article,” after
“issue,”.
| Art. 30 - Prop. J | – 040 – Sennikov | – no | |
| Art. 30 - Prop. K | – 217 – Niederle | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 30 - Prop. L | – 039 – Sennikov | – no (mail vote) | |
| Rec. 30A - Prop. A | – 269 – Turland & Knapp | – yes | |
| Rec. 30A - Prop. B | – 270 – Turland & Knapp | – yes | |
| Rec. 30A - Prop. C | – 219 – Williams & al. | – yes | |
| Rec. 30A - Prop. D | – 170 – van Rijckevorsel | – ed.c. [ ] | |
| Rec. 30A - Prop. E | – 218 – Niederle | – no (mail vote) | |
| Rec. 30A - Prop. F | – 011 – Bhattacharjee, B. & al. | – no | |
| Rec. 31B - Prop. A | – 271 – Turland & Knapp | ||
was accepted as amended, deleting “as part of the content”.
was accepted as amended,
replacing the phrase “and any
other nomenclatural acts associated with those names are
ineffective” by
“and no nomenclatural act within the
work associated with any name in the specified ranks is
effective”.
| Art. 34 - Prop. B | – 209 – Machado & dos Santos | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 34 - Prop. C | – 238 – Wiersema & al. |
was accepted as amended,
reinstating the deleted words
“is authorized” and inserting
“and” before “takes
retroactive effect”.
| Art. 36 - Prop. A | – 373 – McNeill | – yes [ ] | |
| Art. 36 - Prop. B | – 133 – Sennikov & Somlyay | – ed.c. | |
| Art. 36 - Prop. C | – 171 – van Rijckevorsel | – no | |
| Art. 36 - Prop. D | – 327 – Mosyakin & McNeill | – yes [ ] |
A proposal from the floor (Funk, Greuter, McNeill, Malecot
& Herendeen) to replace “proposed” in Art. 36.2
by “used”
was accepted as amended,
to replace it by “accepted”.
was accepted as a Recommendation, deleting “published
on or after 1 January 2019”.
| Art. 40 - Prop. H | – 375 – McNeill | – yes | c.alg.: +, c.fun.: + |
A proposal from the floor (Schori, Redhead, Malécot, Paton,
Wilson, Lindon, Groom, Kusber & Hartley) to add a sentence
and a Note to
Art. 40.5,
was referred to the
Special Committee
on Typification:
“40.5. [...]
For microscopic algae and all fungi, it may be a
specimen that consists of more than one gathering as long
as they represent the same isolate from a single source or
an isolate derived from a single sexual cross.”
“Note 1. Type designations for taxa other than fungi and microscopic
algae that include citation of more than one gathering (such as a wild
gathering and a cultivated gathering or multiple cultivated gatherings)
are by definition separate gatherings and do not meet the provisions
of
Art. 8.1 and 8.2; the proposed names are not validly published.”
was accepted as amended,
inserting “later” before
“isonym”.
| Art. 41 - Prop. X | – 376 – McNeill | – yes | |
| Art. 41 - Prop. Y | – 389 – Sennikov | – yes [ ] [ ] [ ] | |
| Art. 41 - Prop. Z | – 117 – Niederle | – no (mail vote) | |
| Rec. 41A - Prop. A | – 026 – Sennikov & al. | – no | |
| Rec. 41A - Prop. B | – 220 – Williams & al. |
was accepted as amended,
so that the first clause reads
“In the absence of established tradition, if publications
are not paginated, […]”.
[ ]
| Rec. 41B - Prop. A | – 027 – Sennikov & al. | – no | |
| Ch.V.Art. n - Prop.A | – 397 – Smith & al. | – sp.c. | |
| Art. 42 - Prop. A | – 340 – Kirk & Yao | c.fun.: – |
was amended to
delete the last two sentences (“When
the identifier […]”) and was then referred to the
Editorial Committee.
| Art. 42 - Prop. B | – 277 – Sp.C. registration | gen.c.: + |
was accepted as amended,
in Art. 42.0 allowing “An
interested institution” to be plural,
and in Art. 42.0bis,
after “addressed to the General Committee”,
inserting
“(excluding fungi)”.
was accepted as amended,
replacing “when none”
by “unless one or more”.
[ ]
was referred to the Editorial Committee on the
understanding that the only change to
Art. 46.3
would be deletion of “, or a formal error”.
was accepted as amended,
the change to Rec. 50E.3 to be
limited to the addition of “or the abbreviation “nom.
sanct.” ”.
| Rec. 50E - Prop. B | – 081 – Hawksworth | – ed.c. [ ] | c.fun.: – |
| Art. 52 - Prop. A | – 341 – Greuter | – yes | |
| Art. 52 - Prop. B | – 342 – Greuter |
was accepted as amended,
converting the Note to
a Rule, replacing “mention” by “citation”,
and
inserting “exact” before
“diagnostic phrase name“.
The Editorial Committee was instructed to ensure that
the “unambiguous reference” may not be an indirect
or cryptic reference.
was accepted as amended,
deleting the proposed new
first sentence, replacing “two or more homonyms”
by “two or more legitimate homonyms”,
and adding
a new Note after
Art. 53.1:
“Note n. Simultaneously published homonyms are not
illegitimate on account of their homonymy unless
an earlier homonym exists.”
| Art. 54 - Prop. A | – 082 – Hawksworth | c.alg.: –, c.fun.: + |
was accepted as amended,
replacing “an alga or fungus”
by “a fungus”.
| Art. 54 - Prop. B | – 360 – Hawksworth | – no | c.alg.: +, c.fun.: ± |
| Art. 54 - Prop. C | – 390 – McNeill & al. | – yes [ ] [ ] | |
| Art. 54 - Prop. D | – 280 – Nakada | – no (mail vote) | c.alg.: –, c.fun.: ± |
| Art. 54 - Prop. E | – 281 – Nakada | – no (mail vote) | c.alg.: –, c.fun.: ± |
| Art. 54 - Prop. F | – 233 – Nakada | – no (mail vote) | c.alg.: – |
A proposal from the floor (McNeill)
was accepted to add a
new clause (c),
a footnote, and an Example to
Art. 54.1:
“(c)
A name of a taxon treated as belonging to the algae
or fungi but originally assigned to a group
not covered
by this Code and that is unavailable for use
under the
provisions of the other
Code¹, usually because of
homonymy, is illegitimate under this Code.”
[footnote] “1 Such names are termed
”objectively invalid”
in the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
and
“illegitimate” in the
International Code of Nomenclature of
Prokaryotes (formerly the
International Code of Nomenclature
of Bacteria).”
“Ex. 1.
Cribrosphaerella Deflandre ex Gorka
(in Acta Palaeontol.
Polon. 2: 239, 260, 280. 5 Sep 1957)
was published under the
provisions of the
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
for
the Cretaceous coccolith algae, previously known as
Cribrosphaera
Arkhang. (in Mater. Geol. Rossii 25: 411. 1912), an objectively
invalid (equivalent to illegitimate) name under that
Code, being a
later homonym of Cribrosphaera Popofsky
(in Ergebn. Plankton-
Exped. 3(L.f.ß): 22, 32, 63. 1906) a genus of Radiolaria.
Although
Cribrosphaera Arkhang.
is not a later homonym under this
Code, it
is illegitimate as it is not available for use
according to the
provisions of the
Code under which it was published; consequently
Cribrosphaerella is the correct name
for the genus under both
Codes.”
A suggestion that the new clause (c) be incorporated into
Art. 54.1(b)
was referred to the Editorial Committee,
(new
text in bold):
“(b)
[...] is illegitimate if it
(i) becomes [...] or (ii) is
unavailable for use under the provisions of the other
Code¹, usually because of homonymy.”
| Rec. 54A - Prop. A | – 083 – Hawksworth | – no | c.alg.: –, c.fun.: + |
| Rec. 54A - Prop. B | – 361 – Hawksworth | c.alg.: +, c.fun.: ± |
was accepted as amended,
deleting “prior to 1 January
2025”.
was referred to the Editorial Committee, which will
presumably amend Art. 56.3 in parallel with Art. 14
Prop. J (which had been accepted).
was accepted as a regular Example (and referred to
the Editorial Committee).
was referred to the Editorial Committee with the
instruction to consider improving the structure of
Art. 60, not necessarily as proposed, and to consider
converting to regular Rules the “back-door rules”
of Rec. 60C.1 and 60C.2 (via Art. 60.12) and
Rec. 60G.1 (via Art. 60.8).
| Rec. 60C - Prop. A | – 062 – Sennikov | – no (autom.) | |
| Rec. 60C - Prop. B | – 382 – McNeill | – yes | |
| Rec. 60E - Prop. A | – 186 – van Rijckevorsel | – no (mail vote) | |
| Rec. 60G - Prop. A | – 017 – Drob. & Bacl.-Zbik. | – ed.c. | |
| Rec. 60H - Prop. A | – 187 – van Rijckevorsel |
was accepted as amended,
retaining the current wording
of Rec. 60H.1
but inserting “or replacement names”
after “names of new taxa”.
| Rec. 60H - Prop. B | – 016 – Drob. & Bacl.-Zbik. | – no | |
| Div. III - Prop. A | – 276 – Sp.C. registration | gen.c.: + |
was accepted as amended to read:
“(8) Registration Committee, charged with assisting
the design and implementation of repositories
for new names and nomenclatural acts,
monitoring the functioning of existing repositories,
and advising the General Committee on relevant
matters. The Committee has the power to elect
officers as desired, to fill vacancies, and to
establish temporary subcommittees in consultation
with the General Committee, and includes at least
5 members appointed by the Nomenclature Section
selected, in part, to ensure geographic balance, and
representatives nominated by:
(1) the other Permanent Nomenclature Committees,
(2) prospective or functioning repositories,
(3) the International Association for Plant Taxonomy,
(4) the International Organisation of Palaeobotany,
(5) the International Federation of Palynological Societies,
(6) the International Phycological Society,
(7) the International Mycological Association, and
(8) the International Association of Bryologists.”
| Div. III - Prop. B | – 286 – Sp.C. by-laws | gen.c.: var. |
was accepted as amended, as follows:
in paragraph 2.4, replace “specialist committees” by
“Permanent Nomenclature Committees”
in paragraph 4.11, replace “must” by “should preferably”
add a new clause
5.1(4) “rejecting a singled-out recommendation of the
General Committee (see 5.4);” [note: this new
clause could possibly be subsumed within new
clause 5.1(5), below]
add a new clause
5.1(5) “rejecting one or more recommendations of the
General Committee on conservation or rejection of
names, suppression of works, or binding decisions.”
move clause 5.2(5), to become clause 5.1(1bis)
in clause 5.2(8), add “not included in 5.1(4)”
at the end
[note: the addition of clause 5.1(5) possibly makes
clause 5.2(8) redundant]
in paragraph 5.6, delete “Notes,”
in paragraph 7.4,
-
replace “who were present” by “who should
preferably have been present”
-
and replace “previous” by “relevant”
in Rec. 7A,
-
insert “and gender” before “balanced”
-
and delete the second sentence (“In the General
Committee […]”)
in paragraph 7.11, replace the third sentence by
“If a specialist committee is unable to make
a recommendation after voting at least twice,
the proposal is referred to the General Committee
without a recommendation from the specialist
committee.”
in paragraph 7.12,
-
in the first sentence, after “approve” insert “or
overturn”;
-
in the second sentence, replace
“In this case” by
“In either case”;
-
and replace the third sentence by
“If the required majority is not achieved after voting
at least twice, the General Committee is considered
to have recommended against the proposal or against
making a binding decision. The General Committee
may also decide to refer the matter back to the
specialist committee for further consideration.”
| Div. III - Prop. C | – 362 – May & al. | gen.c.: –, c.fun.: + |
was accepted as amended,
in paragraph 8.1 replacing
“For proposals relating solely to names of organisms
treated as fungi” by
“For proposals relating to material in the chapter that
gathers together articles solely dealing with names
of organisms treated as fungi (but excluding any
other material)”.
| Div. III - Prop. D | – 363 – May & al. | gen.c.: –, c.fun.: + |
was accepted as amended,
inserting at the end of
paragraph 7.new “if they are not already members of
the Nomenclature Committee for Fungi”.
[ ]
| App. I - Prop. A | – 034 – Zhu |
was accepted as amended, to read
“Move Appendix I
into the main body of the Code.
Renumber App. II–VIII
as App. I–VIII. Editorially adjust the relevant
cross-references throughout the Code.”
A proposal form the floor (de Lange)
was accepted to add
a new Note under Art. H.2.1:
“Note 1. Because a species name is a binary combination
(Art. 23.1) hybrid formulae are expressed in the following
manner:
Kunzea linearis (Kirk) de Lange ×
Kunzea robusta
de Lange & Toelken or
Kunzea linearis (Kirk) de Lange ×
K. robusta de Lange & Toelken, not as
Kunzea linearis (Kirk)
de Lange × robusta de Lange & Toelken.”
On the final day (Friday, 21 July):
*
there was room for proposals from the floor
[Word doc;
annotations by Recorder, in colour, rejected proposals
greyed-out] (the successful ones included above)
* a
presentation on the Appendices
[Powerpoint]
was made
(Wiersema) and discussed
* the paper on
virtual participation
was raised for discussion
(Fortunato, Freire-Fierro) and referred to a
Special Committee.
Abreviations used
| Band. & Bhat. | = Bandyopadhyay & Bhattacharjee, A. |
| Drob. & Bacl.-Zbik. | = Drobnik & Bacler-Zbikowska |
| IAL | = Council of the International Association for Lichenology |
| Sp.C. by-laws | = Special Committee on By-laws for the Nomenclature Section |
|
Sp.C. mech. type sel.
|
=
Special Committee on Publications
Using a Largely Mechanical Method of Selection of Types |
|
Sp.C. registration
|
=
Special Committee on Registration of Algal and Plant Names
(including fossils) |
Committees
Special-purpose Committees (to report to the XX IBC) to be set up on:
•
Special Committee on Typification.
To it were referred
Art. 9 Prop. M,
N, U, V, Z, DD, and EE
(063 by Hawksworth, 241 by Wiersema & al.,
252-254 by Sennikov, and 356-357 by Hawksworth,
not in that order)
and the
proposal from the floor on Art. 40.5.
•
Special Committee on DNA Sequences as Types.
To it were referred
Art. 8 Prop. O,
Rec. 8C Prop. A and
Art. 9 Prop. A
(308-310 by
Hawksworth & al.)
•
Special Committee on “Lists of Available Names”.
To it was referred
Chap. V. Art. n Prop. A
(397 by Smith & al.)
(the Committee to have
a mandate not necessarily restricted
to names of vascular plants).
•
Special Committee on Pleomorphic Fungi (Art. 59).
To it was referred
Art. 59 Prop. A
(085 by Hawksworth).
•
Special Committee on Virtual Participation in the
Nomenclature Section
A proposal from the floor to establish a special committee
on orthography
was rejected.
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