The Amsterdam declaration on fungal nomenclature

dc.contributor.authorHawksworth, David Leslie, 1946-
dc.contributor.authorCrous, Pedro W.
dc.contributor.authorRedhead, Scott A.
dc.contributor.authorReynolds, Don R.
dc.contributor.authorSamson, Robert A.
dc.contributor.authorSeifert, Keith A.
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, John W.
dc.contributor.authorWingfield, Michael J.
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-02T08:40:23Z
dc.date.available2013-03-30T00:20:03Z
dc.date.issued2011-04
dc.descriptionNote from the Mycotaxon Editor-in-Chief: Only the Declaration text is published here as a courtesy to Mycotaxon readers. For the full document addressing additional suggestions and other items of interest, please refer to Hawksworth & al. (IMA Fungus 2(1): 105–112, 2011).en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Amsterdam Declaration on Fungal Nomenclature was agreed at an international symposium convened in Amsterdam on 19–20 April 2011 under the auspices of the International Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi (ICTF). The purpose of the symposium was to address the issue of whether or how the current system of naming pleomorphic fungi should be maintained or changed now that molecular data are routinely available. The issue is urgent as mycologists currently follow different practices, and no consensus was achieved by a Special Committee appointed in 2005 by the International Botanical Congress to advise on the problem. The Declaration recognizes the need for an orderly transition to a single-name nomenclatural system for all fungi, and to provide mechanisms to protect names that otherwise then become endangered. That is, meaning that priority should be given to the first described name, except where there is a younger name in general use when the first author to select a name of a pleomorphic monophyletic genus is to be followed, and suggests controversial cases are referred to a body, such as the ICTF, which will report to the Committee for Fungi. If appropriate, the ICTF could be mandated to promote the implementation of the Declaration.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.mycotaxon.com/en_US
dc.identifier.citationHawksworth, DL, Crous, PW, Redhead, SA, Reynolds, DR, Samson, RA, Seifert, KA, Taylor, JW & Wingfield, MJ 2011, 'The Amsterdam declaration on fungal nomenclature', Mycotaxon, vol. 116, pp. 491-500.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0093-4666 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2154-8889 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.5248/116.491
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/18640
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMycotaxon, Ltd.en_US
dc.rights© 2011 Mycotaxon, Ltd.en_US
dc.subjectAnamorphen_US
dc.subjectCandidate speciesen_US
dc.subjectMycoCodeen_US
dc.subjectPleomorphic fungien_US
dc.subjectTeleomorphen_US
dc.titleThe Amsterdam declaration on fungal nomenclatureen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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