CONGRESS ACTION, XV IBC (1993)
Congres action on proposals-to-amend-the-Code
at the XV IBC,
the 1993, Tokyo Congress.
Based on (by permission of the IAPT):
John McNeill,
“Preliminary
mail vote and report of Congress
action on nomenclatural proposals”
(in Taxon 42: 907-922. 1993).
But updated here and there according to the
proceedings,
by Werner
Greuter, John McNeill and Fred R. Barrie, in
Englera 14 (1994).
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conversion table
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list of proposals
| Synopsis | Proposal as submitted | Congress action | Comm. advice |
| Gen. prop. - Prop. A | – 245 – Hawksworth | – no (mail vote) | |
| Gen. prop. - Prop. B | – 292 – Silva | – ed.c. | |
| Gen. prop. - Prop. C | – 037 – Sp.C. NCU | – yes | c.fos.: + |
| Gen. prop. - Prop. D | – 320 – Silva |
was accepted as
amended (Greuter) to
authorize the General
Committee to prepare
a new edition of the existing glossary.
was accepted
subject (Greuter) to review by the Editorial
Committee of the term “protype”;
other options suggested
were “metatype” and
“pragmatype” (“pragmatotype”).
was accepted as amended,
as suggested by the Rapporteurs, to be
incorporated in
Rec. 7B.
| Rec. 7D - Prop. C | – 255 – Hawksworth |
was referred to the Editorial Committee,
to be dealt with in light
of the decision on
Art. 9 Prop. G (256 by Hawksworth), which
was later accepted.
was accepted as amended (Hawksworth, McNeill) to read:
“When an
illustration is designated as the type of the name of a
new taxon,
the collection data of the illustrated material should
be given.”
| Art. 10 - Prop. A | – 094 – Burtt | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 10 - Prop. B | – 078 – Jeffrey | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 10 - Prop. C | – 079 – Jeffrey | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 10 - Prop. D | – 289 – Wijnands & Zijlstra | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 10 - Prop. E | – 198 – Sp.C. lectotypif. | – yes | |
| Art. 10 - Prop. F | – 199 – Sp.C. lectotypif. | – yes | |
| Art. 10 - Prop. G | – 054 – Taylor | – yes | |
| Art. 10 - Prop. H | – 305 – Silva | – ed.c. | |
| Art. 11 - Prop. A | – 062 – Sp.C. retroactivity | – withdrawn | |
| Art. 11 - Prop. B | – 272b – Greuter | – ed.c. | |
| Art. 11 - Prop. C | – 102 – Jeffrey | – no (mail vote) | |
| [ ed. sugg. – Jeffrey | – not effected ] | ||
| Art. 13 - Prop. A | – 72 – Sp.C. binary comb. |
was accepted as amended (Barrie) to include also:
- J. Hill [entries on natural history] in: G. L. Scott (ed.),
A supplement of Mr Chamber's Cyclopaedia: or a universal
dictionary of the arts and sciences. 2 vols. London (1753);
- J. Hill [entries on natural history] in:
Society of Gentlemen.
A new and complete dictionary of arts and sciences. 4 vols.
London (1754-1755).
| Art. 13 - Prop. B | – 136 – Jeffrey | – sp.c. |
A proposal from the floor (Nicolson, on behalf of Hoogland and
Reveal) was rejected;
this would have added, after
13.1(f):
“Family and ranks between family and genus: (g) All groups,
4 Aug 1789 (Jussieu, Genera plantarum).”
A proposal by Perry & Brummitt (in
Kew Bull. 48: 413-421. 1993)
was put forward from the floor (Brummitt), but withdrawn after the
acceptance of Prop. G.
A proposal from the floor (Greuter, on behalf of Hoogland and
Reveal) was accepted, to add to
Art. 18.2:
“Names
published in the same context with their rank denoted
by
the term “suborder” (subordo) instead of subfamily
are treated
as having been published as names of subfamilies.”
also, add a Note to Art. 19.1:
“For
names denoted by the term “suborder”
(subordo) instead of
subfamily, see Art. 18.2.”
| Art. 19 - Prop. A | – 097 – Jeffrey | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 19 - Prop. B | – 214 – Greuter | – yes | |
| Art. 19 - Prop. C | – 279 – Henderson | – no | |
| Art. 19 - Prop. D | – 215 – Greuter | – yes | |
| Art. 20 - Prop. A | – 137 – Jeffrey | – sp.c. | |
| Art. 20 - Prop. B | – 073 – Sp.C. binary comb. | – yes (see below) |
[
a motion from the floor (Prud’Homme van Reine)
to have
Rumphius (ed. Burman) removed from the list was defeated ]
was accepted as amended, as suggested by the Rapporteurs, to
remove the second half of the clause and the Forsskål example.
| Art. 23 - Prop. F | – 069 – Sp.C. binary comb. | – yes | |
| Art. 23 - Prop. G | – 070 – Sp.C. binary comb. | – ed.c. | |
| Art. 23 - Prop. H | – 071 – Sp.C. binary comb. |
was accepted as
amended (Ahti) to insert
“and infraspecific”
after “species” in line 3.
| Art. 24 - Prop. A | – 103 – Jeffrey | – no | |
| [ ed. sugg. – Silva | – effected ] | ||
| Art. 25 - Prop. A | – 099 – Jeffrey | – withdrawn | |
| Art. 26 - Prop. A | – 219 – Greuter | – yes | |
| Art. 26 - Prop. B | – 100 – Jeffrey | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 26 - Prop. C | – 284 – Gandhi & Kartesz | – no (mail vote) | |
| Rec. 26B - Prop. A | – 104 – Jeffrey | – withdrawn | |
| Art. 32 - Prop. A | – 308 – Silva | – ed.c. | |
| Art. 32 - Prop. B | – 050 – Sp.C. registration | c.fos.: + |
was accepted as
amended, with
“1 Jan 1995” altered (Ahti)
to “1 Jan 2000” and
with the added proviso (Barrie,
Greuter):
“subject to
the approval of the XVI International Botanical
Congress”.
| Art. 32 - Prop. C | – 051 – Sp.C. registration | – yes | c.fos.: + |
| Art. 32 - Prop. D | – 052 – Sp.C. registration | – no | |
| Art. 32 - Prop. E | – 005 – Heath | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 32 - Prop. F | – 105 – Zijlstra & Brummitt | – no | |
| Art. 32 - Prop. G | – 276 – Henderson | – ed.c. | |
| Art. 32 - Prop. H | – 309 – Silva | – ed.c. | |
| Art. 32 - Prop. I | – 114 – Jeffrey | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 32 - Prop. J | – 063 – Reveal | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 32 - Prop. K | – 220 – Kartesz & Gandhi | – ed.c. | |
| Art. 32 - Prop. L | – 267 – Hawksworth |
was accepted as amended, as suggested by the Rapporteurs, to
replace the initial “Names” by
“Names in specified ranks”.
| Art. 32 - Prop. M | – 268 – Hawksworth | – yes | |
| Rec. 32B - Prop. A | – 148 – Werth & Lellinger | – no (mail vote) | |
| Rec. 32E - Prop. A | – 310 – Silva | – no | |
| Art. 33 - Prop. A | – 285 – Gandhi & Kartesz | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 34 - Prop. A | – 287 – Gandhi & Kartesz | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 34 - Prop. B | – 271 – Gandhi | – no | |
| Art. 34 - Prop. C | – 270 – Gandhi | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 36 - Prop. A | – 221 – Chaudhri | c.fos.: + |
was accepted as amended (Chaloner), to apply only to fossil plants.
| Rec. 36A - Prop. A | – 261 – Silva | – no | |
| Art. 37 - Prop. A | – 200 – Sp.C. lectotypif. | – yes | |
| Art. 37 - Prop. B | – 253 – Hawksworth |
was amended (Jeffrey) to
omit the reference to Index herbariorum
and was thus referred to the Editorial Committee, to be
incorporated in Rec. 7A.
| Art. 37 - Prop. C | – 138 – Jeffrey | – no (mail vote) | |
| Rec. 37B - Prop. A | – 254 – Hawksworth | – no | |
| Art. 39bis - Prop. A | – 149 – Werth & Lellinger | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 41 - Prop. A | – 217 – Greuter | – yes | |
| Art. 42 - Prop. A | – 001 – Lundqvist | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 42 - Prop. B | – 311 – Silva | – no | |
| Art. 45 - Prop. A | – 053 – Sp.C. registration | – yes | c.fos.: + |
| Art. 46 - Prop. A | – 277 – Henderson | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 46 - Prop. B | – 278 – Henderson | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 46 - Prop. C | – 232 – Brummitt | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 46 - Prop. D | – 233 – Brummitt | – yes | |
| Art. 46 - Prop. E | – 231 – Karttunen |
was accepted as amended, so that the second sentence begins
“Mention of an author’s name in the list...”.
| Art. 46 - Prop. F | – 235 – Brummitt | – withdrawn | |
| Art. 46 - Prop. G | – 236 – Brummitt |
was accepted as amended, to begin: “When a new combination ...”.
| Art. 46 - Prop. H | – 237 – Brummitt |
was accepted as amended, to begin: “When a new combination ...”.
| Art. 46 - Prop. I | – 238 – Brummitt | – withdrawn | |
| Art. 46 - Prop. J | – 239 – Brummitt | – withdrawn | |
| Art. 46 - Prop. K | – 223 – Sp.C. ‘ex and in’ | – yes | |
| Art. 46 - Prop. L | – 224 – Sp.C. ‘ex and in’ | – yes | |
| Art. 46 - Prop. M | – 243 – Brummitt | – withdrawn | |
| Art. 46 - Prop. N | – 234 – Brummitt | – yes | |
| Art. 46 - Prop. O | – 242 – Brummitt | – ed.c. | |
| Art. 46 - Prop. P | – 014 – Hoffmann & Demoulin |
was accepted as amended, to insert at the beginning of the
second sentence:
“For a group with a starting point later than 1753,”
and the last part of that sentence to read:
“... author may be added in parentheses, followed by ‘ex’.”
| Art. 46 - Prop. Q | – 225 – Sp.C. ‘ex and in’ | – yes | |
| Art. 46 - Prop. R | – 227 – Sp.C. ‘ex and in’ | – ed.c. | |
| Art. 46 - Prop. S | – 240 – Brummitt | – ed.c. | |
| Art. 46 - Prop. T | – 241 – Brummitt | – no | |
| Art. 46 - Prop. U | – 244 – Brummitt | – yes | |
| Rec. 46A - Prop. A | – 009 – PdS & DdS | – no (mail vote) | |
| Rec. 46C - Prop. A | – 011 – Vorster & Nicholas | – ed.c. | |
| Rec. 46E - Prop. A | – 010 – PdS & DdS | – no (mail vote) | |
| Rec. 46E - Prop. B | – 228 – Sp.C. ‘ex and in’ | – no (mail vote) | |
| Rec. 46E - Prop. C | – 229 – Sp.C. ‘ex and in’ | – no | |
| Rec. 46E - Prop. D | – 230 – Sp.C. ‘ex and in’ | – no | |
| Rec. 46F - Prop. A | – 226 – Sp.C. ‘ex and in’ | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 48 - Prop. A | – 012 – Kostermans | c.fun.: – |
was referred to the Editorial Committee,
in light of the
Rapporteurs’ suggestion
that “explicitly” not be deleted
but be replaced by
“definitely”.
these four proposals were withdrawn
in favour of a single new
proposal, which was rejected on a card vote.
| Art. 61 - Prop. A | – 286 – Gandhi & Kartesz | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 63 - Prop. A | – 129 – Jeffrey | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 63 - Prop. B | – 059 – Sp.C. retroactivity | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 63 - Prop. C | – 106 – Jeffrey | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 63 - Prop. D | – 107 – Jeffrey | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 63 - Prop. E | – 108 – Jeffrey | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 63 - Prop. F | – 122 – Zijlstra | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 63 - Prop. G | – 109 – Jeffrey | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 63 - Prop. H | – 110 – Jeffrey | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 63 - Prop. I | – 124 – Zijlstra | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 63 - Prop. J | – 113 – Jeffrey | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 63 - Prop. L | – 111 – Jeffrey | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 63 - Prop. M | – 112 – Jeffrey | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 63 - Prop. K | – 123 – Zijlstra | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 64 - Prop. A | – 216 – Greuter |
was accepted as amended, as suggested by the Rapporteurs, to add,
after “A name”,
“of a family, genus or species”.
| Art. 64 - Prop. B | – 127 – Jeffrey | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 64 - Prop. C | – 314 – Silva |
was accepted as amended, as suggested by the Rapporteurs,
to
transform the last sentence of
Art. 64.4 into
a Note.
| Art. 64 - Prop. D | – 315 – Silva | – ed.c. | |
| Art. 64 - Prop. E | – 316 – Silva | – ed.c. | |
| Art. 64 - Prop. F | – 139 – Jeffrey | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 65 - Prop. A | – 258 – Hawksworth |
a motion (Hawksworth) was accepted,
to set up a Special
Committee on harmonization,
and this proposal was referred to it.
| Art. 68 - Prop. A | – 273 – Henderson & Pedley |
was accepted as amended, as suggested by the Rapporteurs,
replacing
“A specific name” by
“A name of a species or
subdivision of a genus”.
| Art. 68 - Prop. B | – 281 – Henderson | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 69 - Prop. A | – 087 – Fosberg | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 69 - Prop. B | – 016 – Reveal |
was accepted as
amended (Greuter) by
deletion of its second
sentence.
A motion from the floor (Barrie),
was accepted to add in Art. 69.2,
at the end of the second sentence:
“including
considerations of
typification”
(this in light of the acceptance of Art. 69 Prop. B
(Prop. 16)
which removed reference to types from Art. 69.1).
| Art. 69 - Prop. C | – 133 – Jeffrey | – withdrawn |
A motion from the floor (Perry) was accepted, to delete
Art. 69.3
and the accompanying
Note
(this in light of the acceptance of
Art. 14 Prop. B, Prop. 57).
A motion from the floor (Stearn) for the Code to make clear that
Onosma is feminine
was accepted as amended (Greuter), to
delete the word “modern” from
Art. 76.2(a), (b), and (c).
| Div. III - Prop. A | – 259 – Hawksworth | – yes |
A motion (Greuter, on behalf of
the Bureau of Nomenclature plus
Nicolson)
was accepted to abolish the
Permanent Committee for
Hybrids, deleting
reference to it from Division III
of the Code.
was accepted as amended, as suggested by the Rapporteurs,
the list
to be established immediately and to incorporate the
proposals by the Committee on Binary Combinations:
Art. 13
Prop. A,
Art. 20 Prop. B and
Art. 23 Prop. H
(72, 73 and 71).
Abbreviations used:
•
PdS & DdS = Pinto da Silva & David de Sousa
Committees
Special committees (to report to the XVI IBC) to be set up:
•
Standing Committee on Lists of Names in Current Use,
to initiate,
assist, coordinate and vet production of further lists
and of updatings
of the existing lists of NCU and
to report to each subsequent
International Botanical Congress.
•
Special Committee on Lectotypification
(including Specimen
Definition),
to which were referred:
-
Art. 8 Prop. J-M, P-Q
(158, 157 by Barrie & al., 192 by the
Committee on Lectotypification,
92 by Zijlstra, 194 by the
Committee on Lectotypification, 304 by Silva),
-
Art. 9 Prop. A-B (159 by Molloy & al., 162 by Taylor),
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Rec. 9B Prop. A (160 by Molloy & al.).
-
In addition,
Art. 8 Prop. T (19 by Barrie & al.)
after having been
rejected, was also referred to this Committee.
•
Special Committee on Hybrids,
in view of the decision to abolish
the Permanent Committee for Hybrids.
To it were referred:
-
Art. 13 Prop. B (136 by Jeffrey),
-
Art. 20 Prop. A (137 by Jeffrey),
-
Art. H.3 Prop. A-C (140-141 by Jeffrey, 13 by Werth & Wagner),
-
Art. H.6 Prop. A-B (142-143 by Jeffrey),
-
Art. H.7 Prop. A (6 by Heath),
-
Art. H.9 Prop. A (144 by Jeffrey).
•
Special Committee on Harmonization of Codes,
particularly in
relation to nomenclature in taxonomic groups
that border on those
covered by other Codes. To it was referred:
-
Art. 65 Prop. A (258 by Hawksworth).
•
Special Committee on Orthography,
to which were referred:
-
Art. 73 Prop. C-F, H-K (174-179 by Brummitt & Taylor,
7 by Manara, 180 by Brummitt & Taylor).
-
Rec. 73G Prop. A (8 by Manara).
•
Special Committee on Electronic Publishing and Databasing:
“to examine
the impact of electronic publishing
and databasing on
the
Code and to make proposals
to the next Botanical Congress”.
See also: Nicolson:
“Announcement:
Standing and Special Nomenclature Committees”
(in Taxon 43: 283-285. 1994).
Resolutions
The Section adopted the following resolutions:
•
by Jørgensen,
amended by Hawksworth, Jeffrey, Zijlstra and
Greuter, to include among the Congress Resolutions:
“While work continues
to find further ways to reduce changes of
well-established names, such names should not be displaced
for
purely nomenclatural reasons whether by change in their
application or by resurrection of long-forgotten names.”
• by Hawksworth, to include in the Preface of the Code:
“The
Nomenclature Section, noting that the
‘List of Names in
Current Use in the Trichocomaceae’
(Regnum Veg. 128: 13-57.
1994) has already been approved
by the International Commission
on
Penicillium and
Aspergillus of the International Union of
Microbiological Societies (IUMS),
urges taxonomists not to adopt
names that would compete with and not to change
the application
of any names on that list.”
• by Greuter, McNeill and Nicolson, amended by Funk:
“The Section
urges the General Committee and through it all
Permanent Committees
to make full use of the options that the
Code now provides in order to ensure
nomenclatural clarity and
stability.”
• by Dorr, amended by Greuter:
to authorize the appointment of a
“Special Committee
to examine
the impact of electronic publishing and databasing on the Code
and to make proposals to the next Botanical Congress”.
• by McNeill, amended by Stearn:
“The
Section authorizes the Editorial Committee
to retain in the
Tokyo Code the authorship
and places of publication of the family
names listed in Appendix IIB of the present Code,
it being
understood that this authorization does not preclude
the correction
of purely bibliographic errors.”
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