Report of the Special Committee on Registration of Algal and Plant Names (including fossils)

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON REGISTRATION OF ALGAL AND PLANT NAMES (INCLUDING FOSSILS); KATINAS, L.

TAXON

INT ASSOC PLANT TAXONOMY

Lugar: Viena; Año: 2016 vol. 65 p. 670 - 672

0040-0262

The Special Committee on Registration of Algal and Plant Names (including fossils) was established at the XVIII InternationalBotanical Congress (IBC) in Melbourne in 2011, its mandate being to consider what would be involved in registering algaland plant names (including fossils), using a procedure analogous to that for fungal names agreed upon in Melbourne and includedas Art. 42 in the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. Because experience with voluntary registrationwas key to persuading mycologists of the advantages of mandatory registration, we began by asking institutions with a history ofnomenclatural indexing to develop mechanisms that would permit registration. The task proved more difficult than anticipated, butconsiderable progress has been made, as is described in this report. It also became evident that the Nomenclature Section needs astructure that will allow ongoing discussion of registration and associated issues. Simultaneously with this report we are submittingfour proposals that would provide such a structure.