Figueiredo, EstrelaMoore, GerrySmith, G.F. (Gideon Francois), 1959-2011-01-112011-01-112010-10Figueiredo, E, Moore, G & Smith, GF 2010, 'Latin diagnoses : an unnecessary impediment - a response to Jorgensen', Taxon, vol. 59, no. 5, pp. 1565–1566. [http://www.botanik.univie.ac.at/iapt/s_taxon.php]0040-0262http://hdl.handle.net/2263/15600We conclude that the arguments put forward by Jørgensen in his response to our recent proposal to abandon botanical Latin as the mandatory language in which to provide a description or diagnosis when a new species is described, in fact serve to confirm that this requirement must now be removed from the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.en© 2010 by International Association for Plant TaxonomyBotanical LatinBotanical nomenclatureInternational Code of Botanical Nomenclature, 2006Jørgensen, P.M. 2010. Latin diagnosis. Taxon 59: 1196.Plants -- NomenclatureArticle