Acacia, the 2011 Nomenclature Section in Melbourne, and beyond

dc.contributor.authorMoore, Gerry
dc.contributor.authorSmith, G.F. (Gideon Francois), 1959-
dc.contributor.authorFigueiredo, Estrela
dc.contributor.authorDemissew, Sebsebe
dc.contributor.authorLewis, G.P. (Gwilym Peter)
dc.contributor.authorSchrire, Brian D.
dc.contributor.authorRico, Lourdes
dc.contributor.authorVan Wyk, Abraham Erasmus (Braam)
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-18T06:31:44Z
dc.date.available2010-10-18T06:31:44Z
dc.date.issued2010-08
dc.description.abstractThis paper briefly reports on the developments surrounding the Acacia name conservation controversy since the Nomenclature Section meeting at the Seventeenth International Botanical Congress at Vienna in 2005. Actions taken at Vienna led to the listing of Acacia Mill. with a conserved type in Appendix III (p. 286) of the current printed version of the International code of botanical nomenclature. While decisions taken at Nomenclature Sections generally tend to resolve nomenclatural disputes, the actions taken in Vienna with regard to Acacia — i.e., treating the proposal to conserve the name Acacia with a conserved type as approved even though the majority of the votes cast were opposed to the proposal — has only resulted in increased controversy. Today, the Acacia listing in the Code continues to be met with considerable resistance from the global plant taxonomic community and beyond. We believe the “minority rule” approach used in Vienna was contrary to the procedural rules established in Vienna. As a result, an objection to the acceptance of the Vienna Code as currently printed with the Acacia listing will be raised at the Nomenclature Section meeting during the Eighteenth International Botanical Congress in Melbourne in 2011. A procedure is outlined for handling this objection that we hope will allow the botanical community to finally resolve this matter.en
dc.identifier.citationMoore, G, Smith, GF, Figueiredo, E, Demissew, S, Lewis, G, Schrire, B, Rico, L & Van Wyk, AE 2010, 'Acacia, the 2011 Nomenclature Section in Melbourne, and beyond', Taxon, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 1188–1195. [http://www.botanik.univie.ac.at/iapt/s_taxon.php]en
dc.identifier.issn0040-0262
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/15022
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Association for Plant Taxonomyen_US
dc.rights© 2010 by International Association for Plant Taxonomyen_US
dc.subjectAcacia Millen
dc.subjectInternational Botanical Congress (17th : 2005 : Vienna, Austria)en
dc.subjectInternational Code of Botanical Nomenclature, 2006en
dc.subjectInternational Botanical Congress (18th : 2011 : Melbourne, Australia)en
dc.subjectRacosperma Marten
dc.subject.lcshAcacia -- Nomenclatureen
dc.subject.lcshPlant taxonomistsen
dc.titleAcacia, the 2011 Nomenclature Section in Melbourne, and beyonden
dc.typeArticleen

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