Case 3682

Overview

Status of Case:	Resolved (Opinion Issued)
Date Published:	08/2015
Authors:	Banks, R. C., LeCroy, M., Schodde, R.
Volume and Issue:	72/3
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Keywords:	Nomenclature, taxonomy, Aves, Anseriformes, ANATIDAE, White-cheeked Goose, Canada Goose, Branta canadensis, Tundra Goose, Branta hutchinsii
Taxonomic Group(s):	Aves
Abstract:	The purpose of this application, under Articles 78.1 and 81.1 of the Code, is to suppress for nomenclatural purposes the two-Volume work ‘The White-cheeked geese: Branta canadensis, B. maxima, B. ‘lawrensis’, B. hutchinsii, B. leucopareia, and B. minima, taxonomy, ecophysiographic relationships, biogeography, and evolutionary Considerations,’ by Harold C. Hanson. Reasons for suppression are the work’s many confounded new taxon designations, inappropriately chosen types, inadequately diagnosed new taxa, variable and confused authorships, and a flawed neotype designation. Together they serve as evidence of general nomenclatural dysfunction. If not suppressed, Hanson’s work will destabilise the nomenclature of the Branta canadensis complex.
Full Text:	https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v72i3.a11
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Date Published:	08/2019
Authors:	ICZN
Volume and Issue:	76/
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Abstract:	The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has suppressed for nomenclatural purposes the two-volume work “The White-cheeked geese: Branta canadensis, B. maxima, B. ‘lawrensis’, B. hutchinsii, B. leucopareia, and B. minima. Taxonomy, ecophysiographic relationships, biogeography, and evolutionary considerations” by Harold C. Hanson.
Full Text:	http://dx.doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v76.a043
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