Proposals to the 2011, Melbourne Congress

PROPOSALS, XVIII IBC (2011)

List of proposals to amend the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
submitted to the XVIII International Botanical Congress, Melbourne 2011.

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See also:

• Congress action
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Directions

John McNeill, Nicholas J. Turland & S. Robbert Gradstein Procedures and timetable for proposals to amend the *International Code of Botanical Nomenclature*	Taxon 56: 270-271. 2007
[ John McNeill & Nicholas J. Turland ] Submission deadlines and change of dates	Taxon 59: 656-656. 2010

Proposals

Roy Mottram & Root Gorelick (001) Proposal to require prior deposition of types	Taxon 57: 314-314. 2008
Jacek Drobnik & Barbara Bacler (002–003) Proposals to recommend usage of the diaeresis mark on the letter e (ë) in Latin names	Taxon 57: 314-315. 2008
Yu-Min Shui & Jun Wen (004) Proposal to recommend citation of herbarium serial numbers of type specimens	Taxon 57: 315-315. 2008
Mithilesh K. Pathak & Subir Bandyopadhyay (005) Proposal to add a new Recommendation 37B	Taxon 57: 315-316. 2008
Gerry Moore & Catherine Rushworth (006–008) Proposals to amend the Code regarding orthographic conservation	Taxon 57: 316-317. 2008
Josef Niederle (009–011) Proposals to amend Art. 9 etc. to clarify the meaning of “protologue”	Taxon 57: 317-317. 2008
Tseng-Chieng Huang, Ming-Jou Wu & Shing-Fan Huang *(012–013) Proposals to amend Article 53 Ex. 9**	Taxon 57: 318-318. 2008
Subir Bandyopadhyay & Mithilesh K. Pathak (014) Proposal to add a new paragraph to Recommendation 8A	Taxon 57: 318-319. 2008
Mithilesh K. Pathak & Subir Bandyopadhyay (015) Proposal to add a new paragraph to Recommendation 37A	Taxon 57: 319-319. 2008
David L. Hawksworth, Pedro W. Crous, José C. Dianese, Marieka Gryzenhout, Lorelei L. Norvell & Keith A. Seifert *(016–020) Proposals to amend the Code* to make clear that it covers the nomenclature of fungi, and to modify its governance with respect to names of organisms treated as fungi**	Taxon 58: 658-659. 2009
Josef Niederle (021) Proposal to amend Art. 9.10 to fill a logical gap	Taxon 58: 660-660. 2009
Paul van Rijckevorsel (022–027) Miscellaneous proposals, mostly related to the Glossary	Taxon 58: 660-661. 2009
Subir Bandyopadhyay & Mithilesh Kumar Pathak (028–029) Proposals to add two new paragraphs to Recommendation 9A	Taxon 58: 661-662. 2009
Paul van Rijckevorsel (030–036) Some proposals on automatically typified names	Taxon 58: 662-663. 2009
Tarciso S. Filgueiras & Jefferson Prado (037) Proposal to maintain the terminations of plant names cited in a validating Latin description or diagnosis in a new protologue	Taxon 58: 663-664. 2009
Pankaj Kumar, Gopal Singh Rawat & J.F. Veldkamp (038) Proposal to broaden the scope of Art. 37.5 allowing an illustration as a type when it is “impossible” to preserve a specimen	Taxon 58: 664-665. 2009
João Marcelo Alvarenga Braga & Ana Joffily (039–041) Proposals to elucidate the concept of “illustration with analysis”	Taxon 58: 665-666. 2009
Marcin Nobis, Agnieszka Nobis & Krzysztof Piątek (042) Can the name of the author be a problem in describing a new taxon? A proposal to amend Recommendation 46D.1 on citation of the author’s name	Taxon 58: 666-666. 2009
Paul van Rijckevorsel (043–044) Later homonyms	Taxon 58: 667-667. 2009
Laurence J. Dorr (045–047) Proposals regarding epithets derived from acronyms	Taxon 58: 667-668. 2009
Scott A. Redhead, Paul M. Kirk, Patrick J. Keeling & Louis M. Weiss (048–051) Proposals to exclude the phylum Microsporidia from the Code	Taxon 58: 669-669. 2009
Paul van Rijckevorsel (052–077) Several proposals concerning the Glossary	Taxon 58: 670-672. 2009
Paul van Rijckevorsel (078–079) A proposal on the protologue, plus a miscellaneous proposal	Taxon 59: 303-303. 2010
Jarosław Proćków (080–082) Proposals to amend the Code regarding the procedure of lectotype designation	Taxon 59: 303-304. 2010
Jefferson Prado, Kanchi N. Gandhi, Michael Sundue & Robbin C. Moran (083) Proposal to include the terms “isolectotype”, “isoneotype”, and “isoepitype” in the Code	Taxon 59: 304-304. 2010
Mithilesh K. Pathak & Subir Bandyopadhyay (084) Proposal to amend Art. 9.10	Taxon 59: 305-305. 2010
Subir Bandyopadhyay & Mithilesh K. Pathak (085) Proposal to include a Note under Art. 9.10	Taxon 59: 305-305. 2010
Richard K. Rabeler & Kanchi N. Gandhi (086–087) Proposals to amend Arts. 7.11 and 9.21	Taxon 59: 305-306. 2010
Jefferson Prado & Robbin C. Moran (088) Proposal to modify Recommendation 9A.4 of the Vienna Code	Taxon 59: 306-307. 2010
Alexander Sennikov (089) Proposal to discard the nomenclatural value of reprints and translations of botanical publications first printed before the relevant nomenclatural starting-point date	Taxon 59: 307-308. 2010
Scott A. Redhead (090–091) Proposals to add two examples on the valid publication of the names of higher-level taxa	Taxon 59: 308-309. 2010
Ramesh K. Saxena (092–094) Proposals concerning full and direct reference to the basionym of a new combination or a new generic name with a basionym, and to the replaced synonym of an avowed substitute (nomen novum)	Taxon 59: 309-309. 2010
Wen-Bin Yu, Hong Wang & De-Zhu Li *(095–096) Proposals to amend Art. 53 Ex. 9 & Ex. 10*	Taxon 59: 310-310. 2010
Richard K. Rabeler & Kanchi N. Gandhi (097) Proposal to revise Art. 60 Ex. 21 and add a new Example	Taxon 59: 310-311. 2010
Scott A. Redhead (098–100) Proposals to limit hardcopy publication of Appendices II–V	Taxon 59: 311-311. 2010
Christopher J. Cleal & Barry A. Thomas (101–103) Proposals to modify the provisions *in the Code* for naming plant fossils**	Taxon 59: 312-313. 2010
- Christopher J. Cleal & Barry A. Thomas Botanical nomenclature and plant fossils	Taxon 59: 261-268. 2010
Wen-Bin Yu Hong Wang & De-Zhu Li (104–108) Proposals to amend Article 9.15, add an example to Article 37, and make additions to Appendices III and IV	Taxon 59: 656-657. 2010
Soumen Kumar Basu, Partha Pratim Ghoshal, Subir Bandyopadhyay & Md. Nehal Aziz (109) Proposal to add a new paragraph to Recommendation 9A	Taxon 59: 657-657. 2010
Ahmed H. Alfarhan, M. Sivadasan, Jacob Thomas & Boudjema Samraoui (110–114) Proposals to delete Articles 18.5, 18.6 and 19.7, replacing them with three Notes, and to provide consequent changes to App. IIB and to Articles 10.6, 11.1, 18.1, and 19.4	Taxon 59: 658-659. 2010
Estrela Figueiredo, Gerry Moore & Gideon F. Smith (115–116) Proposals to eliminate the Latin requirement for the valid publication of plant names	Taxon 59: 659-660. 2010
- Estrela Figueiredo, Gerry Moore & Gideon F. Smith Latin diagnosis: Time to let go	Taxon 59: 617-620. 2010
- Per M. Jørgensen Latin diagnoses: A necessary evil	Taxon 59: 1196-1196. 2010
- Estrela Figueiredo, Gerry Moore & Gideon F. Smith Latin diagnoses: An unnecessary impediment – A response to Jørgensen	Taxon 59: 1565-1566. 2010
David L. Hawksworth, Jerry A. Cooper, Pedro W. Crous, Kevin D. Hyde, Teresa Iturriaga, Paul M. Kirk, H. Thorsten Lumbsch, Tom W. May, David W. Minter, Jitendra K. Misra, Lorelei Norvell, Scott A. Redhead, Amy Y. Rossman, Keith A. Seifert, Joost A. Stalpers, John W. Taylor & Michael J. Wingfield (117–119) Proposals to make the pre-publication deposit of key nomenclatural information in a recognized repository a requirement for valid publication of organisms treated as fungi under the Code	Taxon 59: 660-662. 2010
Linda in Arcadia (120) Proposal to replace Article 46 Example 10 with a more appropriate example	Taxon 59: 662-663. 2010
David L. Hawksworth & Ove E. Eriksson (121) Proposal to permit acknowledgement to be given to an author whose designation is validated by another without ascription	Taxon 59: 663-663. 2010
Paul van Rijckevorsel (122–134) Some proposals on orthography	Taxon 59: 664-665. 2010
Alfred Traverse (135–137) With a bow to ICZN, proposals for a new approach to the typification of fossil palynomorph names	Taxon 59: 666-666. 2010
Takashi Nakada (138) A proposal on the designation of cultures of fungi and algae as types	Taxon 59: 983-983. 2010
Jarosław Proćków & Anna Jakubska-Busse (139) Proposal on how to avoid the impossibility of rejection of types when in conflict with the protologue	Taxon 59: 983-983. 2010
Josef Niederle (140) Proposal to amend Art. 23 by adding examples of correct usage of Latin compounds	Taxon 59: 984-984. 2010
Linda in Arcadia (141) Proposal to clarify Article 23 for the case of Greek epithets ending in -ma	Taxon 59: 984-985. 2010
Paul van Rijckevorsel (142–148) A few proposals on cultivated plants	Taxon 59: 985-986. 2010
Josef Niederle (149–150) Proposals to amend Art. 30 by adding a condition of effective publication and an associated Recommendation	Taxon 59: 986-986. 2010
Mithilesh K. Pathak, Partha Pratim Ghoshal & Subir Bandyopadhyay (151) Proposal to add a new paragraph to Recommendation 31A	Taxon 59: 986-986. 2010
Hiroyoshi Ohashi & Kazuaki Ohashi (152–153) Proposals to add two new recommendations in Recommendation 37A	Taxon 59: 987-987. 2010
Christine Barker & R.K. Brummitt (154) Proposal on the gender of generic names ending in -ites	Taxon 59: 987-988. 2010
Alexander Sennikov (155–157) Proposals to amend Article 7.7 and add a new example to Article 7	Taxon 59: 1292-1292. 2010
Subir Bandyopadhyay & Mithilesh K. Pathak (158) Proposal to add a new article under Article 8	Taxon 59: 1292-1292. 2010
Robbin C. Moran, Jefferson Prado, James Lendemer & James L. Reveal (159–162) Proposals to amend Articles 9.1 and 9.2 to take into account a single specimen used, but not indicated as “type,” by a describing author(s), with examples	Taxon 59: 1292-1293. 2010
Alexander Sennikov (163–164) Proposal to amend Article 9.8 Note 4 and add a new example to Article 37	Taxon 59: 1293-1293. 2010
Paul C. Silva (165–167) Miscellaneous proposals to amend the Code	Taxon 59: 1294-1294. 2010
Josef Niederle (168) Proposal to amend the Code by changing the definition of autonyms	Taxon 59: 1295-1295. 2010
Alex S. George (169) Proposal to amend Article 32.1	Taxon 59: 1295-1295. 2010
David M. Williams & Juliet Brodie (170) Proposal to eliminate the Latin requirement for the valid publication of names of non-fossil algae	Taxon 59: 1296-1296. 2010
Mithilesh K. Pathak, Soumen Gantait & Subir Bandyopadhyay (171) Proposal to amend Article 37.7	Taxon 59: 1296-1297. 2010
Walter Gams, Walter M. Jaklitsch, Roland Kirschner & Martina Réblová (172–174) Three proposals to amend Article 59 of *the Code* concerning teleotypification of fungal names**	Taxon 59: 1297-1297. 2010
- Walter Gams, Walter M. Jaklitsch, Roland Kirschner & Martina Réblová Teleotypification of fungal names and its limitations	Taxon 59: 1197-1200. 2010
Richard M. Bateman & Jason Hilton (175–176) Proposals to modify the provisions *in the Code* for naming fossil plants**	Taxon 59: 1607-1609. 2010
R.K. Brummitt (177–182) Proposals concerning names of taxa above the rank of family	Taxon 59: 1609-1610. 2010
Walter Gams (183–184) Proposals to require deposition of information concerning typification of names of fungal taxa, with an associated Recommendation	Taxon 59: 1610-1611. 2010
Vincent Demoulin (185–190) Proposals to amend Articles 15, 36 and 45	Taxon 59: 1611-1612. 2010
Hiroyoshi Ohashi & Kazuaki Ohashi (191) Proposal to modify Article 37 Example 4	Taxon 59: 1612-1612. 2010
Alexander B. Doweld (192–193) Proposals to amend Article 38 to oppress unillustrated generic names of fossil plants published on or after 1 January 1912	Taxon 59: 1613-1614. 2010
Jefferson Prado & Regina Y. Hirai (194–196) Proposals to modify Article 42.4	Taxon 59: 1614-1615. 2010
Paul van Rijckevorsel (197–198) Two proposals on the illustration with analysis	Taxon 59: 1615-1616. 2010
Leslie R. Landrum (199–202) Four proposals for Division III, Provisions for the Governance of the Code	Taxon 59: 1616-1616. 2010
Special Committee on Electronic Publication (203–213) Proposals to permit electronic publications to be effectively published under specified conditions	Taxon 59: 1907-1908. 2010
- Sandra Knapp, Alan Paton, Katherine Challis & Nicola Nicolson “Run for your lives! End of the World!” – Electronic publication of new plant names	Taxon 59: 1009-1010. 2010
- Prepared by Arthur D. Chapman, Nicholas J. Turland & Mark F. Watson Report of the Special Committee on Electronic Publication	Taxon 59: 1853-1862. 2010
Gillian Perry (214) Proposal to amend the wording of Article 7 Example 7	Taxon 59: 1908-1909. 2010
Gillian Perry (215–222) Proposals on original material	Taxon 59: 1909-1910. 2010
Scott A. Redhead, Lorelei L. Norvell & Shaun R. Pennycook (223–232) Proposals to amend articles regulating the typification of names in sanctioning works	Taxon 59: 1910-1913. 2010
- Gillian Perry Comments on proposals for the Melbourne Congress dealing with original material and the typification of sanctioned names	Taxon 60: 916-919. 2011
Nicholas J. Turland (233–237) Five “housekeeping” proposals to amend the Vienna Code	Taxon 59: 1913-1913. 2010
Jarosław Proćków & Anna Jakubska-Busse (238) Proposal to remove a superfluous rule that is followed when generic names are typified	Taxon 59: 1914-1914. 2010
Nicholas J. Turland (239–242) Proposals to protect the entries in Appendix IIB (or in Appendices II–IV)	Taxon 59: 1914-1915. 2010
Gillian Perry (243–245) Proposals to permit the conservation of the name of an infraspecific taxon and of a subdivision of a genus when that name is the basionym of the name of a species or genus proposed for conservation	Taxon 59: 1915-1916. 2010
Scott A. Redhead (246) Proposal to amend Article 16 to provide for automatic typification in the absence of a family name	Taxon 59: 1917-1917. 2010
James L. Reveal & Kanchi N. Gandhi (247–261) Fifteen proposals for the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature dealing with suprageneric names	Taxon 59: 1917-1919. 2010
Nicholas J. Turland (262–275) Proposals on Article 33 and other Articles concerning new combinations, status novi, and nomina nova	Taxon 59: 1919-1921. 2010
Gillian Perry (276–287) Proposals concerning the validation and author citation of names published with more than one potential descriptive statement	Taxon 59: 1922-1924. 2010
Paul van Rijckevorsel (288–289) Two conditional proposals	Taxon 59: 1924-1924. 2010
R.K. Brummitt (290) A proposal on illustrations with analysis	Taxon 59: 1924-1925. 2010
Gillian Perry (291) A proposal to amend the wording of Article 48.1 and insert a new Article 48.2	Taxon 59: 1925-1925. 2010
R.K. Brummitt *(292) Acacia:* a solution that should be acceptable to everybody	Taxon 59: 1925-1926. 2010
Gillian Perry (293) Proposal to add an example to Article 52	Taxon 59: 1926-1927. 2010
Scott A. Redhead (294–306) Proposals to define the new term ‘teleotype’, to rename Chapter VI, and to modify Article 59 to limit dual nomenclature and to remove conflicting examples and recommendations	Taxon 59: 1927-1929. 2010
- Scott A. Redhead Report on the Special Committee on the Nomenclature of Fungi with a Pleomorphic Life Cycle	Taxon 59: 1863-1866. 2010
Walter Gams, Walter Jaklitsch & Roland Kirschner (307–313) Proposals to modify Article 59 in order to harmonize it with present practice	Taxon 59: 1929-1930. 2010
Kanchi N. Gandhi & James L. Reveal (314–337) Twenty-four proposals to amend the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature	Taxon 59: 1930-1933. 2010
Raymond Stotler & Pekka Isoviita (338) Proposal for Division III.2 (3): Committee for Bryophyta	Taxon 59: 1933-1933. 2010

Congress

John McNeill (Rapporteur général) & Nicholas Turland (Vice-rapporteur) Synopsis of Proposals on Botanical Nomenclature – Melbourne 2011: A review of the proposals concerning the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature submitted to the XVIII International Botanical Congress list of proposals [ voting form ]	Taxon 60: 243-286. 2011 Taxon 60: 284-286. 2011
Nicholas J. Turland & John McNeill Revised list of institutional votes at the Nomenclature Section of the XVIII International Botanical Congress, Melbourne, Australia, July 2011	[one to each participant]
Note regarding Institutional votes	[one to each participant]
Results of the 2011 preliminary mail vote	[one to each participant]
[ voting form, for card vote (afterwards) ]	[one to each participant]
[ photograph ]	PhytoKeys 41: 2-2. 2014
XVIII International Botanical Congress, July 2011: Resolutions	[Congress website]
James S. Miller, Vicki A. Funk, Warren L. Wagner, Fred Barrie, Peter C. Hoch, & Patrick Herendeen Outcomes of the 2011 Botanical Nomenclature Section at the XVIII International Botanical Congress	PhytoKeys 5: 1-3. 2011
John McNeill & Nicholas J. Turland *Major changes to the Code of Nomenclature–* Melbourne, July 2011	Taxon 60: 1495-1497. 2011
Sandra Knapp, John McNeill & Nicholas J. Turland Changes to publication requirements made at the XVIII International Botanical Congress in Melbourne: What does e-publication mean for you?	Taxon 60: 1498-1502. 2011
Gideon F. Smith, Estrela Figueiredo & Gerry Moore English and Latin as alternative languages for validating the names of organisms covered by the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants: The final chapter?	Taxon 60: 1502-1503. 2011
Gideon F. Smith & Estrela Figueiredo Conserving Acacia Mill. with a conserved type: What happened in Melbourne?	Taxon 60: 1504-1506. 2011
John McNeill, Nicholas J. Turland, Anna M. Monro & Brendan J. Lepschi XVIII International Botanical Congress: Preliminary mail vote and report of Congress action on nomenclature proposals	Taxon 60: 1507-1520. 2011
Lorelei L. Norvell 1. Melbourne approves a new Code	Mycotaxon 116: 481-490. 2011
Christina Flann, Nicholas J. Turland & Anna M. Monro Report on botanical nomenclature–Melbourne 2011. XVIII International Botanical Congress, Melbourne: Nomenclature Section, 18–22 July 2011 [Proceedings]	PhytoKeys 41: 7-278. 2014
[ Institutional votes, as exercised ]	PhytoKeys 41: 279-285. 2014

Committee advice

Lorelei L. Norvell Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Fungi: 17	Taxon 60: 610-613. 2011
Willem F. Prud’homme van Reine “Establishment of a Special Committee on Harmonization of the Nomenclature of Cyanophyta/Cyanobacteria” “ICBN matters” in Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Algae: 10	Taxon 60: 586-586. 2011 Taxon 60: 586-587. 2011 Taxon 60: 585-587. 2011
Willem F. Prud’homme van Reine “ICBN matters: Discussion about the size of the current ICBN and its way of publication” in Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Algae: 11	Taxon 60: 899-899. 2011 Taxon 60: 898-899. 2011
Niels Klazenga “Proposals to amend the Code” in Report of the Nomenclatural Committee for Bryophyta: 10	Taxon 60: 901-902. 2011 Taxon 60: 900-902. 2011
Willem F. Prud’homme van Reine Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Algae: 13	Taxon 60: 919-921. 2011
Patrick S. Herendeen Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Fossil Plants: 8	Taxon 60: 921-923. 2011

Supporting papers

Fungi
L.K. Weresub, K.A. Pirozynski Pleomorphism of fungi as treated in the history of mycology and nomenclature	Whole Fungus 17-30. 1979 [BHL]
Amy Y. Rossman & Gary J. Samuels Towards a single scientific name for species of fungi	Inoculum 56(3): 3-6. 2005
Walter Gams Towards a single scientific name for species of fungi: a rebuttal	Inoculum 56(6): [1]-3. 2005 [MSA]
Walter Gams, Walter M. Jaklitsch, Roland Kirschner & Martina Réblová Teleotypification of fungal names and its limitations	Taxon 59: 1197-1200. 2010
[David L. Hawksworth] Decision-making on the nomenclatural rules for fungi	[Springer] IMA Fungus 1: 3-3. 2010
Scott A. Redhead Report on the Special Committee on the Nomenclature of Fungi with a Pleomorphic Life Cycle	Taxon 59: 1863-1866. 2010
Lorelei L. Norvell, David L. Hawksworth, Ronald H. Petersen & Scott A. Redhead - IMC9 Edinburgh Nomenclature Sessions - IMC9 Edinburgh Nomenclature Sessions - Edinburgh 2010: The 9th International Mycological Congress Nomenclature Sessions	[Springer] IMA Fungus 1: 143-147. 2010 Mycotaxon 113: 503-514. 2010 Taxon 59: 1867-1868. 2010
Joost A. Stalpers Some problems in the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN) and some suggestions for solutions	[Springer] IMA Fungus 2: (18)-(20). 2011
Walter Gams & al. A critical response to the Amsterdam Declaration [later in Mycotaxon, accompanied by photocopies of two other upcoming papers in Mycotaxon, see below]	[handout to Section]
[Scott A. Redhead & al.?] [ untitled ]	[handout to Section]
[Scott A. Redhead & al.?] [ untitled ]	[handout to Section]
James C. Lendemer Proposal of a new article excepting lichens from the newly passed arts. 14, 56, 57.2, & 59	[handout to Section]
Lorelei L. Norvell 1. Melbourne approves a new Code	Mycotaxon 116: 481-490. 2011
David L. Hawksworth, Pedro W. Crous, Scott A. Redhead, Don R. Reynolds, Robert A. Samson, Keith A. Seifert, John W. Taylor, Michael J. Wingfield, & 80 signatories The Amsterdam Declaration on Fungal Nomenclature 2. The Amsterdam Declaration on fungal nomenclature	[Springer] [NCBI] IMA Fungus 2: 105-112. 2011 Mycotaxon 116: 491-500. 2011
Walter Gams, Walter Jaklitsch & 77 signatories 3. A critical response to the ‘Amsterdam Declaration’ A critical response to the Amsterdam Declaration	Mycotaxon 116: 501-512. 2011 [handout to Section]
Paul J. Morris, James A. Macklin, Jim Croft, Nicky Nicolson & Greg Whitbread 4. Letter of concern regarding Props. (117–119) to amend the ICBN to require pre-publication deposit of nomenclatural information	Mycotaxon 116: 513-517. 2011
David L. Hawksworth A new dawn for the naming of fungi: impacts of decisions made in Melbourne in July 2011 on the future publication and regulation of fungal names	Mycokeys 1: 7-20. 2011 IMA Fungus 2: 155-162. 2011 [Springer] [NCBI]
Institutional votes
Joseph H. Kirkbride, Jr. (182) Nomenclatural suffrage for all registered herbaria	Taxon 53: 595-595. 2004
John McNeill & Nicholas J. Turland Institutional Votes at the Nomenclature Section of the XVIII International Botanical Congress, Melbourne, Australia, July 2011	Taxon 58: 971-973. 2009
Gideon F. Smith, Estrela Figueiredo & Gerry Moore Who amends the International code of botanical nomenclature?	Taxon 59: 930-934. 2010
Wendy L. Applequist, Martin W. Callmander, Gerrit Davidse, Alexander Sennikov, Mats Thulin, Piet Vorster & George Yatskievych Apportionment of institutional votes for the Nomenclature Section: A rebuttal to Smith & al.	Taxon 59: 1567-1570. 2010
Gideon F. Smith, Estrela Figueiredo & Gerry Moore Who amends the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature? A response to Applequist & al. (2010)	Taxon 60: 213-215. 2011
Nicholas J. Turland & John McNeill Revised list of institutional votes at the Nomenclature Section of the XVIII International Botanical Congress, Melbourne, Australia, July 2011	[handout to Section]
[Nicholas J. Turland & John McNeill] Note regarding Institutional votes	[handout to Section]
Miscellaneous
John G. Day, Thomas Pröschold, Thomas Friedl, Maike Lorenz & Paul C. Silva Conservation of microalgal type material: Approaches needed for 21st century science	Taxon 59: 3-6. 2010
Herwig Teppner A point of view on Article 30.5 of the Vienna Code concerning effective publication of theses	Taxon 59: 621-622. 2010
Paul M. Oliver & Michael S.Y. Lee The botanical and zoological codes impede biodiversity research by discouraging publication of unnamed new species	Taxon 59: 1201-1205. 2010
*Acacia*
Anthony E. Orchard & Bruce R. Maslin (1584) Proposal to conserve the name Acacia *(Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) with a conserved type*	Taxon 52: 362-363. 2003
B. R. Maslin, A. E. Orchard & J. G. West Nomenclatural and classification history of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae), and the implications of generic subdivision	worldwidewattle.com [2003]
R.K. Brummitt Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 55. Proposal 1584 on Acacia	Taxon 53: 826-829. 2004
Anthony E. Orchard & Bruce R. Maslin *The case for conserving Acacia* with a new type**	Taxon 54: 509-512. 2005
Melissa Luckow, Colin Hughes, Brian Schrire, Pieter Winter, Christopher Fagg, Renee Fortunato, Johan Hurter, Lourdes Rico, Frans J. Breteler, Anne Bruneau, Marta Caccavari, Lyn Craven, Mike Crisp, Alfonso Delgado S., Sebsebe Demissew, Jeffrey J. Doyle, Rosaura Grether, Stephen Harris, Patrick S. Herendeen, Héctor M. Hernández, Ann M. Hirsch, Richard Jobson, Bente B. Klitgaard, Jean-Noël Labat, Mike Lock, Barbara MacKinder, Bernard Pfeil, Beryl B. Simpson, Gideon F. Smith, Mario Sousa S., Jonathan Timberlake, Jos G. van der Maesen, A.E. Van Wyk, Piet Vorster, Christopher K. Willis, Jan J. Wieringa, Martin F. Wojciechowski Acacia: the case against moving the type to Australia	Taxon 54: 513-519. 2005
John McNeill, Tod F. Stuessy, Nicholas J. Turland & Elvira Hörandl XVII International Botanical Congress: preliminary mail vote and report of Congress action on nomenclature proposals	Taxon 54: 1057-1059. 2005
Gideon F. Smith, Abraham E. van Wyk, Melissa Luckow & Brian Schrire *Conserving Acacia* Mill. with a conserved type. What happened in Vienna?**	Taxon 55: 223-225. 2006
Paul van Rijckevorsel Acacia: what did happen at Vienna?	Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63: 107-110. 2006
G. Moore The handling of the proposal to conserve the name Acacia at the 17th International Botanical Congress – an attempt at minority rule	Bothalia 37: 109-118. 2007
Gerry Moore Action on the proposal to conserve the name Acacia at the Nomenclature Section of the XVII International Botanical Congress in Vienna: Did the ayes have it?	The Linnean 24(2): 16-20. 2008
Jane Carruthers & Libby Robin *Taxonomic imperialism in the battles for Acacia:* Identity and science in South Africa and Australia	Trans. Roy. Soc. S-Africa 65: 48-637. 2010
John McNeill & Nicholas J. Turland The conservation of Acacia with A. penninervis as conserved type	Taxon 59: 613-616. 2010
Gerry Moore, Gideon F. Smith, Estrela Figueiredo, Sebsebe Demissew, Gwilym Lewis, Brian Schrire, Lourdes Rico & Abraham E. van Wyk (Co-ordinating authors) Acacia, the 2011 Nomenclature Section in Melbourne, and beyond	Taxon 59: 1188-1195. 2010
R.K. Brummitt *(292) Acacia:* a solution that should be acceptable to everybody	Taxon 59: 1925-1926. 2010
Kevin R. Thiele, Vicki A. Funk, Kunio Iwatsuki, Philippe Morat, Ching-I Peng, Peter H. Raven, José Sarukhán & Ole Seberg *The controversy over the retypification of Acacia* Mill. with an Australian type: A pragmatic view**	Taxon 60: 194-198. 2011
H. Peter Linder & Mike Crisp The fate of Acacia	Taxon 60: 570-571. 2011
Gerry Moore, Gideon F. Smith, Estrela Figueiredo, Sebsebe Demissew, Gwilym Lewis, Brian Schrire, Lourdes Rico, Abraham E. van Wyk, Melissa Luckow, Roberto Kiesling & Mario Sousa S. *The Acacia* controversy resulting from minority rule at the Vienna Nomenclature Section: Much more than arcane arguments and complex technicalities**	Taxon 60: 852-857. 2011
Andy Moore & Fenton P.D. Cotterill *The Acacia* retypification debate: Perspectives of African amateur botanists**	Taxon 60: 858-859. 2011
Nicholas J. Turland A suggested compromise on the nomenclature of Acacia	Taxon 60: 913-914. 2011
R.K. Brummitt Acacia: do we want stability or total change?	Taxon 60: 915-915. 2011
Paul van Rijckevorsel [ untitled ]	[handout to Section]
Gideon F. Smith & Estrela Figueiredo *Conserving Acacia* Mill. with a conserved type: What happened in Melbourne?**	Taxon 60: 1504-1506. 2011
Christian A. Kull & Haripriya Rangan Science, sentiment and territorial chauvinism in the acacia name change debat	Terra aust. 34: 197-219. 2012
Leslie Landrum Editorial: The governance of the International Code of Nomenclature–my slow learning experience	Canotia 12: [i]–v. 2016