Chapter 2: The number of words in the scientific names of animals


Article 4. Names of taxa at ranks above the species group.

4.1. Names uninominal. The scientific name of a taxon of higher rank than the species group consists of one word (i.e. the name is uninominal); it must begin with an upper-case letter [Art. 28].

4.2. Use of names of subgenera. The scientific name of a subgenus must not be used as the first name in a binomen or trinomen unless it is being used at the rank of genus [Art. 6.1].


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FranciscoWelterSchultes   Confusing. The consequences are unclear if these rules were not met. There should be a provision how to deal with works in which the specific names were combined with the subgenus and not with the genus.
If in a work a specific name was cited in combination with the subgenus instead of with the genus, the original combination of this species in that work is to be cited with the genus as the first name in the binomen.
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