Chapter 5: Date of Publication


Article 22. Citation of date. When cited, the date of publication of a name follows the name of the author (see Article 51).

Recommendation 22A. Citation.


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FranciscoWelterSchultes   Recommendations: see also my comment under Art. 89.2 concerning the general removal of Recommendations. I would extend Art. 22 and delete the other thoughts expressed here. Some ideas might be moved to a new "Guide for the use of zoological names".
Insert that a comma "can" be inserted between author an date (I would prefer no comma because it contains no visible information for me).
I would also include an expressed statement that the year is the true date of publication as determined under the provisions of Art. 21, and that it is understood that the bibliographical or imprint years could be different. A year should not be set in square brackets in the form of Ctenotus alacer Storr, [1969].

Rec 22A.2.3 should in any case be removed, it is outdated and not usual practice in zoology, it would cause misunderstandings. Proceeding so would cause serious problems in informatics of biodiversity, for example in the process of interconnection of databases if this is done with the help of taxon name author strings.
It seems to me that many did not understand properly what was meant here, and the effect is that lepidopteran names are often cited with Hübner, [1823] or so. The square brackets are here used to indicate that 1823 was the true year, but not given as such in the original work. This procedure should be more expressedly addressed as not in accordance with the Code, in the Article itself.
2010-07-19 09:46:06
FranciscoWelterSchultes   Recommendation 22A.3 is confusing and should be deleted. Art. 51.3 makes the use of parentheses obligatory. A passage stating "the rules of the Code should be followed" is not needed in the Code's text.
2008-10-09 03:36:01

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