CONGRESS ACTION, XIV IBC (1987)
Congres action on proposals-to-amend-the-Code at the XIV IBC,
the 1987, Berlin Congress. Based on (by permission of the IAPT):
J. McNeill, XIV International Botanical Congress: mail vote
and final Congress action on nomenclatural proposals
(in Taxon 36: 858-868. 1987).
But updated here and there according to the proceedings, by Werner
Greuter, John McNeill and Dan H. Nicolson, inEnglera 9 (1989).
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See also:
• conversion table
• list of proposals
| Synopsis | Proposal as submitted | Congress action | Misc. |
| Gen. prop. - Prop. A | – 227A – Brummitt & al. | – sp.c. | |
| Gen. prop. - Prop. B | – 227B – Brummitt & al. | – no (mail vote) | |
| Gen. prop. - Prop. C | – 217 – Sp.C. registration | – sp.c. | |
| Gen. prop. - Prop. D | – 218 – Sp.C. registration |
was accepted with the first line amended (McNeill, Morin) to read:
That the Special Committee on Registration be given a mandate
to determine the desirability and feasibility, and, if appropriate,
to actively investigate, ...
| Gen. prop. - Prop. E | – 219 – Sp.C. registration | – sp.c. | |
| Gen. prop. - Prop. F | – 225 – Hnatiuk & Chapman | – sp.c. | |
| Gen. prop. - Prop. G | – 087 – Kanis | – yes | |
| Gen. Prop. - Prop. H | – 088 – Kanis |
was accepted as amended (McNeill):
Publication of the principal text of the Code in other languages
be sponsored and the General Committee be asked to declare
the conditions under which such translations of the Code be
authorized.
| Gen. prop. - Prop. I | – 096 – Eichler | – no (mail vote) | |
| Gen. prop. - Prop. J | – 097 – Eichler | – no (mail vote) | |
| Pre. 9bis - Prop. A | – 275 – Henderson | – no (mail vote) | |
| Pre. 11 - Prop. A | – 086 – Kanis | – ed.c. | |
| Prin. I - Prop. A | – 331 – Taylor & al. | – no | |
| Art. 3 - Prop. A | – 258 – Thomas & Raven | – no |
A motion from the floor (Thomas) was rejected: this would have
allowed both phylum and division for the same rank (as
alternates).
| Art. 3 - Prop. B | – 056 – Parkinson | – yes [ ] | |
| Art. 4 - Prop. A | – 001 – Reveal & Bedell | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 4 - Prop. B | – 059 – Heath | – no | |
| Art. 4 - Prop. C | – 231 – Voss | – ed.c. | |
| Art. 4 - Prop. D | – 323A – Yeo | – ed.c. | |
| Art. 4 - Prop. E | – 323B – Yeo | – ed.c. | |
| Art. 6 - Prop. A | – 214 – Sp.C. registration | – sp.c. | |
| Art. 6 - Prop. B | – 035 – Parkinson | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 6 - Prop. C | – 034 – Parkinson | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 6 - Prop. D | – 036 – Parkinson | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 6 - Prop. E | – 037B – Parkinson | – no | |
| Art. 6 - Prop. F | – 080 – Nicolson & Panigrahi | – no | |
| Art. 6 - Prop. G | – 081 – Nicolson & Panigrahi | – ed.c. | |
| Art. 6 - Prop. H | – 243 – Zijlstra | – no | |
| Art. 6 - Prop. I | – 156 – SubC. C | – yes | c.fun.: + |
| Art. 6 - Prop. J | – 265 – Fosberg | – no | |
| Art. 7 - Prop. A | – 099 – Chapman | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 7 - Prop. B | – 276 – Henderson |
the first addition toArt. 7.4 was referred to the Editorial
Committee; the second addition rejected.
A motion from the floor (presented by Demoulin) was accepted
to add at the end ofArt. 7.11:
Automatic typification does not apply to sanctioned names.
the addition of the phrase in Art. 8.1(c) beginning and another
element is available ... was rejected and referred to theSpecial
Committee on Lectotypification, but the other revisions to the
present text were referred to the Editorial Committee.
was referred to the Editorial Committee, noting that, with the
rejection of Art. 14 Prop. E (154 by Gams), para. n, the sentence
beginning treated as if conserved against ... must be retained.
the three proposed paragraphs were voted on separately:
- para. n was rejected;
- para. o was accepted;
- para. p was accepted.
Subsequently, a clarifying wording of para. p (presented by
McNeill, and elucidated by Gams) was referred to the Editorial
Committee:
When two homonyms are sanctioned, Arts. 64 and 72 Note 1
apply to the later of them.
| Art. 14 - Prop. F | – 155A – Gams | – no (mail vote) | c.fun.: – |
| Art. 14 - Prop. G | – 155B – Gams | c.fun.: + |
was accepted as amended (Greuter) to extend the effect of the
provision to all conserved names (that is, including sanctioned
names).
| Art. 14 - Prop. H | – 165 – SubC. C | – no | c.fun.: ± |
| Art. 14 - Prop. I | – 322 – Scott & Zijlstra | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 17 - Prop. A | – 002 – Reveal & Bedell | – no | |
| Art. 17 - Prop. B | – 234 – Voss | – yes |
A similar change to Rec. 16A.4 was also accepted.
| Art. 18 - Prop. A | – 037A – Parkinson | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 18 - Prop. B | – 171 – Sp.C. orthography | – yes | |
| Art. 18 - Prop. C | – 173 – Sp.C. orthography |
was accepted as amended (Demoulin) to include not only Art. 18
and19, but alsoArt. 17.
A motion from the floor (DArcy) was rejected, to add a new
recommendation after Art. 29, to send publications to indexing
centres.
was accepted as amended (Greuter):
- Ex. 1 to be a voted example of Art. 32.1(c);
- the text rejected,
- the other examples referred to the Editorial Committee.
was accepted as amended, as suggested by the Rapporteurs, to
restrict its application to types of names of taxa at and below
the rank of species.
[ attempts to amend this (Korf, Fosberg) were rejected, as was
the proposal itself (59.7%) ]
| Art. 69 - Prop. C | – 222 – Greuter & al. |
was accepted as amended (Greuter) with the following addition
at the beginning:
A name of a genus or species that has been widely and
persistently used for a taxon or taxa not including its type
and would be the correct name for another taxon, may also
be conserved or rejected under Art. 14.1(b).
| Art. 69 - Prop. D | – 223 – Greuter & al. |
was accepted as amended by the proposers to read:
Names of genera and species rejected, or recommended for
rejection, under Art. 69 prior to the Berlin Congress may be
reconsidered by relevant committees, which may recommend
conservation of that name which will best serve stability,
such names to be listed as an Appendix in the Code.
| Art. 69 - Prop. E | – 224 – Brummitt | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 69 - Prop. F | – 266 – Fosberg | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 69 - Prop. G | – 267 – Fosberg | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 69 - Prop. H | – 239 – Voss | – withdrawn | |
| Art. 69 - Prop. I | – 330 – McNeill | – withdrawn | |
| Art. 69 - Prop. J | – 328 – McNeill | – withdrawn | |
| Art. 69 - Prop. K | – 329 – McNeill | – withdrawn |
A motion from the floor (McNeill) replacing Prop. J and K was
accepted as a new Recommendation:
A name that has been widely and persistently used for a taxon
or taxa not including its type should not be used in a sense that
conflicts with current usage unless and until a proposal to
dispose of it under Art. 69 has been submitted and rejected.
| Art. 69 - Prop. L | – 069 – Heath | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 72 - Prop. A | – 033 – Parkinson | – no | |
| Art. 73 - Prop. A | – 183 – Sp.C. orthography | – yes |
[ an amendment (Adolphi) was rejected, and referred to the
Special Committee on Binary Combinations, to add the words:
An apostrophe or full stop in the original publication should
not be retained ]
| Art. 73 - Prop. B | – 070 – Heath | – no (mail vote) | |
| Art. 73 - Prop. C | – 071 – Heath | – ed.c. |
A motion from the floor (Hniatuk) was rejected, to reduce Art. 73.1
to its first half.
| Art. 73 - Prop. D | – 190 – Sp.C. orthography |
was accepted as amended by the proposers:
Other letters appearing in scientific names such as the long-s
as inracemoſa, or ligatures such as the German ß (double-s)
as inbloßfeldiana are to be transcribed (racemosa,blossfeldiana).
Several motions from the floor (Veldkamp, Nicolson, Chaloner) on
regulating proposals-to-amend-the-Code were not decided on.
| Art. H.3 - Prop. A | – 283 – Henderson | – ed.c. | |
| Art. H.3 - Prop. B | – 284 – Henderson | – ed.c. | |
| Art. H.3 - Prop. C | – 326 – Yeo | – ed.c. | |
| Art. H.5 - Prop. A | – 089A – Yeo |
a replacement proposal for Art. H.5 Prop. A & H.11 Prop. B, C
was submitted from the floor (Yeo); this was referred to the
Editorial Committee in association with the Committee for
Hybrids.
| Art. H.5bis - Prop. A | – 075 – Heath | – no (mail vote) | Yeo: – |
| Art. H.6 - Prop. A | – 076 – Heath | – yes | cf H.6A-A |
| Art. H.6 - Prop. B | – 077 – Heath | – ed.c. | |
| Art. H.6 - Prop. C | – 078 – Heath | – no | Yeo: + |
| – [sg. 7] – Heath | – not effected | Yeo: + | |
| – [sg. 8] – Heath | – not effected | Yeo: ± | |
| – [sg. 9] – Heath | – not effected | Yeo: + | |
| – [sg. 10] – Heath | – not effected | Yeo: + | |
| Rec. H.6A - Prop. A | – 327 – Yeo | – yes | |
| – [sg. 11] – Heath | – not effected | Yeo: – | |
| Art. H.8 - Prop. A | – 285 – Henderson | – ed.c. | |
| Art. H.10 - Prop. A | – 054 – Parkinson | – no (mail vote) | |
| Rec. H.10B - Prop. A | – 321 – Yeo | – yes | |
| Art. H.11 - Prop. A | – 090 – Yeo | – ed.c. | |
| Art. H.11 - Prop. B | – 089B – Yeo | – replaced | |
| Art. H.11 - Prop. C | – 089C – Yeo | – replaced | |
| Rec. H.11A - Prop. A | – 089D – Yeo | – ed.c. | |
| – [sg. 12] – Heath | – not effected | Yeo: + | |
| App. II - Prop. A | – 008 – Parkinson |
was accepted as amended (Nicolson), to apply only to groups
other than Spermatophyta and to be permissive, not mandatory.
| App. II - Prop. B | – 009 – Parkinson | – ed.c. | |
| App. II - Prop. C | – 010 – Parkinson | – ed.c. | |
| App. II - Prop. D | – 011 – Parkinson | – ed.c. | |
| App. II - Prop. E | – 012 – Parkinson | – no | |
| App. VI - Prop. A | – 079 – Heath | – no (mail vote) | |
| T.1 - Prop. A | – 310 – Sp.C. lectotypif. |
was accepted as amended (McNeill) to exclude the new material
in Art. 7.5, Note 2.
Committees
Special committees (to report to the XV IBC) to be set up:
• Special Committee on Binary Combinations, to study Art. 23 in
detail with particular reference to multinomials. To it was referred
(after having been rejected):
Art. 23 Prop. A (93 by Friis & Jeffrey),
also, the amendment by Adolphi to Art. 73 Prop. A.
• Special Committee on Bibliographic Errors, on the effect of
bibliographic errors in citation on valid publication. To it were
referred (after having been rejected):
Art. 33 Prop. L-R (117-120 by Chapman, 251A-251B by
Taylor & Brummitt, 121 by Chapman).
• Special Committee on Lectotypification with three subcommittees:
- Subcommittee on Lectotypification: to review all proposals on
lectotypification not accepted at this Congress, including a
proposal to produce a list of types of Linnaean generic names. To
it were referred (after having been rejected):
Art. 8 Prop. A-B, D-E, G-Q (Prop. N only partly) (291A-291B,
293-294, 296-302 by the Special Committee on
Lectotypification / McNeill, 232 by Voss, 288-290 by
Zijlstra),
Art. 9 Prop. A-B, D-F (319 by Pedley, 304, 306-308 by the
Special Committee on Lectotypification / McNeill),
T.4 Prop. A (287 by Henderson).
- Subcommittee on Retroactivity of Lectotypifications and
Illegitimacy: as per Art. 63 Prop. A (303 by the Special Committee
on Lectotypification). To it were referred (after having been
rejected):
Art. 7 Prop. C, G (246 by Taylor & Brummitt, 244 by Zijlstra),
as well as a replacement proposal for Prop. G, submitted
by the proposer from the floor,
Art. 63 Prop. D (245 by Zijlstra) as well as a replacement
proposal, submitted by the proposer from the floor.
- Subcommittee on Lectotypification of Linnaean Generic Names:
proposedby W.T. Stearn in connection with discussion ofArt. 8
Prop. B (291B by the Special Committee on Lectotypification).
• Special Committee on Registration.
Div. III Prop. A (216 by the Special Committee on Registration)
was accepted as amended (Greuter) to read: A Special Committee
on Registration be set up to report to the XV IBC.
Gen. Prop. Prop. D (218 by the Special Committee on Registration)
was accepted with the first line amended (McNeill, Morin) to read:
That the Special Committee on Registration be given a mandate
to determine the desirability and feasibility, and, if appropriate,
to negotiate and test the structures, procedures and mechanisms,
including finance, required for the implementation of a system
for the registration of new plant names.
To it were referred (after having been rejected):
Gen. Prop. Prop. A, C, E-F (227A by Brummitt & al., 217 and
219 by the Special Committee on Registration, 225 by
Hnatiuk & Chapman),
Art. 6 Prop. A (214 by the Special Committee on Registration),
Art. 29 Prop. D (229 by Hnatiuk & West),
Art. 32 Prop. A (215 by the Special Committee on Registration).
Also the withdrawn Art. 29 Prop. C (226 by Brummitt & al.).
• Special Committee on the use of in and ex in the citation of
the names of authors. To it was referred (after having been rejected):
Rec. 46E Prop. C (207 by Yeo).
See also Dan H. Nicolson: Announcement: Special Nomenclature
Committees (in Taxon 37: 442-444. 1988).
The Section declined proposals to set up a Special Committee on:
• living types (proposed by Hawksworth, following the rejection of
Art. 9 Prop. G, 92 by Farr).
• mandatory correction of spelling (proposed by Hniatuk).
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