INTERNATIONAL CODE of ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATUR 4th ed text

INTERNATIONAL CODE of ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE

"11.9.2

Aritcle 33. Subsequent spellings

"33.1 Kinds of subsequent spellings. A subsequent spelling of a name, if different from the original spelling [Art.32.1], is either an emendation [Art.33.2], or an incorrect subsequent spelling [Art.33.3], or a mandatory change [Art.34]."

"33.2 Emendations. Any demonstrably intentional change in the original spelling of a name other than a mandatory change is an "emendation", except as provided in Article 33.4."

33.2.1. A change in the original spelling of a name is only to be interpreted as "demonstrably intentional" when in the work itself, or in an author's (or publisher's) corrigenda, there is an explicit statement of intention, or when both the original and the changed spelling are cited and the latter is adopted in place of the former, or when two or more names in the same work are treated in a similar way.

33.2.2. The correction of an incorrect original spelling in accordance with Article 32.5 is a "justified emendation", and the name thus corrected retains the authorship and date of the original spelling [Art. 19.2]

33.2.3. Any other emendation is an "unjustified emendation"; the name thus emended is available and it has its own author and date and is a junior objective synonnym of the name in its original spelling; it enters into homonomy and can be used as a subsequent name, but

33.2.3.1. when an unjustified emendation is in prevailing usage and is attributed to the original author and date it is deemed to be a justified emendation."

"usage, prevailing, n. Of a name: that usage of the name which is adopted by at least a substantial majority of the most recent authors concerned with the relevant taxon, irrespective of how long ago their work was published."

Comments&Suggestions to Data Steward
Alan P. Peterson, M.D.
POB 1999
Walla Walla, WA 99362-0999
alanpp@bmi.net

Last updated 2002.02.01