|
DECLARATION
44
Amendment
of Article 74.7.3
DECLARATION:
-
The
wording of Article
74.7.3 is hereby amended to read 'contain an express
statement of deliberate designation (merely citing a specimen
as "lectotype" is insufficient)'.
-
An
Example is added directly below Article
74.7.3 to read 'Example. A statement such as "lectotype
hereby designated", "lectotype by present designation", "I
choose specimen X as lectotype" would fulfil this requirement,
but
"lectotype: specimen X" would not'.
-
The
following Recommendation is added to read 'Recommendation
74G. Not merely for curatorial purposes. The designation
of lectotypes should be done as part of a revisionary or
other taxonomic work to enhance the stability of nomenclature,
and not for mere curatorial convenience'.
-
These
amendments are backdated and apply to all works published
after 31 December 1999.
History
of the proposal
A
proposal to delete Article
74.7.3 of the Code was made (see BZN 58(2): 133; Zoosystematica
Rossica, 10(1): 1-7) on the grounds that it was
unnecessary and required repetitious statements to be made
when several lectotypes were being designated in a revisionary
work. The proposal was widely supported by zoologists (see
BZN 58(2): 133-140). A draft proposal to amend Article
74.7.3 was published in BZN: 59(4): 278-279. On
8 April 2002, Commissioners were asked to vote on whether they
considered the proposed amendments to constitute a minor change
and asked to comment on the wording of the draft proposal.
Over two-thirds of the Commissioners voted in agreement that
it was a minor change to the Code and accepted the proposal's
wording (20 FOR, 3 AGAINST and 5 did not vote; see BZN: 59(4):
279-280). Under Articles
78.3 and 80.1 of
the Code, a Declaration (provisional amendment to the Code)
was drafted by the Executive Secretary and circulated to the
Commission for its approval on 22 July 2003. The Declaration
was approved and ratified on 13 May 2007 by the International
Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS), the
international body from which the Commission derives its functions
and powers (Article
77 of the Code).
|
|
