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Publication of new and revised taxa: a guide to the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature for Diatomists

โœ Scribed by David Williams


Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
1989
Tongue
English
Weight
464 KB
Volume
2
Category
Article
ISSN
0921-2728

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โœฆ Synopsis


As revision of diatom taxonomy has become crucial to many recent palaeolimnological studies, the number of nomenclatural changes required has increased. Publication and validation of new names for diatoms is governed by a set of principles published periodically and known collectively as the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. Creation of a computerised taxonomic database, designed to record recent nomenclatural changes, has revealed many of the names published to be invalid as they fail to comply with all requirements of the code. This paper outlines briefly the criteria needed to validly publish new or revised taxa.