XIV International Botanical Congress: Mail Vote and Final Congress Action on NomenclaturalProposalsAuthor(s): J. McNeillReviewed work(s):Source: Taxon, Vol. 36, No. 4 (Nov., 1987), pp. 858-868Published by: International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT)Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1221158 .Accessed: 24/07/2012 12:41

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XIV INTERNATIONAL BOTANICAL CONGRESS: mail vote and final Congress action on no- menclatural proposals

J. McNeill'

A preliminary guiding mail vote on nomenclature proposals is required by Division III, Provision 4, of the 'International Code of Botanical Nomenclature'. The 'Synopsis of Proposals' was published in Taxon 36: 176-281 (February 1987), and the ballot forms were distributed with that issue of Taxon. The deadline for the submission of the ballots was May 15, 1987.

A total of 336 proposals were included in the ballot: this compares with only 213 at Sydney (1981), 161 at Leningrad (1975) and 223 at Seattle (1969). Earlier Congresses had, however, comparable numbers of proposals (e.g. Edinburgh (1964): 337; Montreal (1959): 333; and Paris (1954): 387).

160 valid ballots were received in time to be tabulated (as compared to 187 in 1981); of these 13 did not meet the official deadline. This figure does not include 1 void ballot. There were no anonymous or institutional ballots. The geographical break-down of the ballots is as follows: Europe 76 (47.5%), North America 58 (36.3%), Australasia 16 (10.0%), Central and South America 4 (2.5%), Asia 5 (3.1%), and Africa 1 (0.6%). It is interesting to note that 94 ballots (58.8%) came from four predominantly English speaking countries: USA (47), UK (22), Australia (14) and Canada (11). These geographical and linguistic patterns are very similar to those reported for the XII Congress in Sydney, Australia (Taxon 30: 904).

The Nomenclature Section of the XIV International Botanical Congress in Berlin comprised 157

registered members who, in addition to their personal votes, carried 286 institutional votes as delegates. In order to be accepted, proposals to modify the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature had to be supported by a least 60% of the votes cast at the Section meeting. The decisions of the Section were accepted by the International Botanical Congress at its Closing Plenary Session on 1 August 1987.

The following tabulation gives, for each proposal, the result of the mail vote (yes ." no . special

committee (sp. c.) : editorial committee (ed. c)), followed by the final action sanctioned by the Congress (Congr. act.). Where the decisions taken involve wording that deviates significantly from the published proposals, this is briefly explained with the help of footnotes. Figures given after Congress action are for those proposals for which there was a card vote and are in the form: "(for: against)"; the percentage for is also given where this exceeds 50%.

Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, U.K.

yes no sp. c. ed. c. Congr. act.

General Proposals

Prop. A 27 : 83 : 34 : 1 rejected' Prop. B 13 : 109 : 18 : 1 withdrawn

Prop. C 41 79 : 13 : 2 rejected' Prop. D 49 : 67 : 17 : 2 accepted2 Prop. E 39 : 72 : 19 : 1 rejected' Prop. F 18 : 76 : 41 : 0 rejected' Prop. G 76 : 59 : 3 : 2 accepted Prop. H 74 : 52 : 5 : 6 accepted3 Prop. I 16 : 112 : 3 : 2 rejected Prop. J 12 : 116 : 2 : 2 rejected

New Preamble 9bis

Prop. A 15 118 4 4 rejected

New Preamble 11

Prop. A 75 42 0 9 ed. comm.

Prin. I

Prop. A 10 100 16 9 rejected

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Art. 3

Prop. A 43 95 1 0 rejected (160: 205)4

Prop. B 94 28 1 7 accepted

Art. 4

Prop. A 18 103 2 9 rejected Prop. B 31 82 2 14 rejected Prop. C 12 20 2 95 ed. comm. Prop. D 9 : 20 : 2 : 94 ed. comm. Prop. E 2 : 45 : 1 : 74 ed. comm.

Art. 6

Prop. A 44 : 84 : 13 : 2 rejected' Prop. B 9 110 : 19 : 2 rejected Prop. C 9 : 110 : 19 : 2 rejected Prop. D 8 : 110 : 19 : 3 rejected Prop. E 9 : 107 : 19 : 11 rejected Prop. F 15 58 : 5 : 61 rejected Prop. G 25 : 45 : 4 57 ed. comm. Prop. H 12 : 43 4 : 66 rejected Prop. I 40 : 29 : 2 41 accepted Prop. J 28 : 93 : 1 : 3 rejected

Art. 7

Prop. A 10 : 116 : 3 : 5 rejected Prop. B 21 : 98 : 6 : 12 rejected5 Prop. C 55 : 51 : 25 : 6 rejected32 Prop. D 12 : 24 : 3 : 98 ed. comm. Prop. E 42 : 78 : 2 : 9 rejected Prop. F 73 : 28 : 25 : 9 accepted Prop. G 14 : 93 : 9 : 14 rejected33 Prop. H 27 : 33 : 3 : 62 ed. comm.6 Prop. I 1 98 : 3 18 rejected Prop. J 10 : 79 : 16 : 16 rejected Prop. K 26 : 49 : 1 : 58 accepted

Rec. 7A

Prop. A 4 30 : 0 : 97 ed. comm.

New Rec. 7B

Prop. A 49 55 : 0 : 28 rejected (188: 199)

New Rec. 7C

Prop. A 31 : 91 : 5 : 3 rejected

Art. 8

Prop. A 62 61 : 0 : 1 rejected7 Prop. B 29 : 91 : 3 : 10 rejected8 Prop. C 46 : 75 3 : 14 accepted (235:

135-63.5%)9 Prop. D 10 : 117 : 2 : 6 rejected8 Prop. E 9 : 115 : 0 : 6 rejected8 Prop. F 94 : 27 : 1 : 11 accepted Prop. G 40 : 66 : 13 : 9 rejected8 Prop. H 34 : 71 : 1 : 24 rejected8 Prop. I 40 : 71 : 2 : 24 rejected8 Prop. J 62 : 54 : 2 : 10 rejected" Prop. K 48 : 66 : 0 : 9 rejected"

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Prop. L 51 72 2 6 rejected8 Prop. M 57 59 0 15 rejected8 Prop. N 63 37 4 28 rejected'0 Prop. O 10 113 0 4 rejected8 Prop. P 48 78 0 7 rejected8 Prop. Q 32 75 1 20 rejected8

Art. 9

Prop. A 12 117 1 : 1 rejected8 Prop. B 16 108 1 6 rejected8 Prop. C 75 54 3 5 accepted Prop. D 55 72 3 : 5 rejected8 Prop. E 41 63 19 8 rejected8 Prop. F 33 80 3 12 rejected8 Prop. G 22 87 : 4 3 rejected"

Art. 10

Prop. A 7 121 0 6 rejected Prop. B 34 80 : 2 15 rejected Prop. C 25 100 0 3 ed. comm.

Prop. D 25 21 0 85 ed. comm.

Prop. E 24 19 0 87 ed. comm.

Prop. F 21 19 0 90 ed. comm.

Prop. G 1 : 73 1 50 withdrawn

Prop. H 34 84 2 : 10 rejected (202: 171-54.2%)

Prop. I 2 121 1 2 rejected Prop. J 7 124 0 0 rejected Prop. K 77 21 1 32 accepted Prop. L 4 122 1 2 rejected Prop. M 1 106 0 19 rejected

Rec. 10A

Prop. A 88 42 0 7 rejected Prop. B 25 86 2 9 rejected Prop. C 4 : 116 1 6 rejected

Art. 13

Prop. A 4 : 106 : 4 : 2 rejected Prop. B 55 42 7 7 accepted Prop. C 73 18 : 6 13 ed. comm.34

Art. 14

Prop. A 31 103 1 : 1 rejected Prop. B 92 37 3 2 accepted Prop. C 41 89 1 : 1 accepted (220:

146-60.1%) Prop. D 50 58 1 16 accepted Prop. E 52 56 4 6 see note 12 Prop. F 3 95 12 5 rejected Prop. G 44 55 12 6 accepted"3 Prop. H 22 : 53 14 : 22 rejected Prop. I 9 : 100 : 8 : 2 rejected

Art. 17

Prop. A 34 : 77 : 4 : 11 rejected Prop. B 82 : 6 : 0 : 12 accepted'4

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Art. 18

Prop. A 14 103 5 5 rejected Prop. B 94 25 2 5 accepted Prop. C 58 61 0 6 accepted Prop. D 0 126 1 1 rejected

Art. 19

Prop. A 67 49 1 9 accepted Prop. B 30 82 1 8 rejected

Art. 20

Prop. A 110 7 0 17 accepted Prop. B 52 78 1 6 rejected (175:

163-51.8%)

Art. 21

Prop. A 6 52 1 73 ed. comm. Prop. B 8 116 2 5 rejected Prop. C 27 88 2 9 ed. comm. Prop. D 2 126 0 1 rejected

Art. 23

Prop. A 7 : 21 93 : 12 sp. comm."5 Prop. B 56 : 24 : 35 : 14 accepted Prop. C 74 : 4 5 : 43 accepted Prop. D 13 : 61 39 : 9 rejected Prop. E 2 : 117 : 3 : 1 rejected

Rec. 23B

Prop. A 3 : 126 : 0 : 1 rejected

Art. 24

Prop. A 19 : 52 : 0 : 63 ed. comm.

Prop. B 10 : 114 : 0 : 8 rejected

Art. 29

Prop. A 14 : 31 : 1 : 90 ed. comm.

Prop. B 111 : 21 : 0 : 5 accepted Prop. C 25 : 73 : 26 4 withdrawn

Prop. D 1 : 98 : 25 4 rejected'

Art. 30

Prop. A 8 : 93 : 26 : 3 withdrawn Prop. B 19 : 77 : 28 : 3 withdrawn

Art. 32

Prop. A 41 : 72 : 11 : 4 rejected' Prop. B 92 : 22 : 2 : 16 accepted Prop. C 36 : 24 : 1 : 73 ed. comm.

Prop. D 24 60 : 2 : 47 accepted'16

Prop. E 5 : 101 : 1 : 9 rejected Prop. F 15 : 21 2 : 91 ed. comm.

Prop. G 2 : 15 : 1 : 111 ed. comm.

Prop. H 9 93 : 1 : 24 ed. comm.

Prop. I 0 : 19 : 1 : 98 ed. comm.

Rec. 32B

Prop. A 58 : 58 : 0 : 13 rejected

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Art. 33

Prop. A 79 12 0 42 accepted Prop. B 50 5 0 75 ed. comm. Prop. C 53 6 0 71 ed. comm. Prop. D 6 117 2 10 rejected Prop. E 37 100 2 13 rejected Prop. F 3 130 0 1 rejected Prop. G 43 68 5 15 rejected Prop. H 7 95 3 26 rejected Prop. I 50 58 3 22 accepted Prop. J 26 98 2 4 rejected Prop. K 111 8 4 7 accepted Prop. L 7 21 88 7 rejected'7 Prop. M 8 20 87 7 rejected'7 Prop. N 8 22 86 7 rejected'7 Prop. 0 2 23 88 7 rejected'7 Prop. P 6 16 91 8 rejected'7 Prop. Q 2 24 85 7 rejected'7 Prop. R 20 15 81 7 rejected'7 Prop. S 42 36 34 13 accepted Prop. T 9 115 5 3 rejected

New Rec. 33A

Prop. A 101 27 0 3 accepted

Art. 34

Prop. A 101 26 0 4 accepted Prop. B 2 125 1 2 rejected Prop. C 41 74 1 11 rejected Prop. D 23 76 1 26 ed. comm. Prop. E 6 93 1 25 ed. comm.

Art. 35

Prop. A 23 89 9 1 rejected Prop. B 2 111 9 0 rejected

Art. 36

Prop. A 28 101 1 17 rejected Prop. B 17 52 47 5 rejected Prop. C 13 81 5 25 rejected

Art. 37

Prop. A 105 23 0 6 accepted Prop. B 6 121 1 6 rejected Prop. C 83 42 0 8 accepted Prop. D 98 29 0 9 accepted Prop. E 18 89 2 24 rejected Prop. F 6 75 1 53 rejected Prop. G 74 49 0 11 accepted'8 Prop. H 3 128 3 2 rejected Prop. I 4 126 3 3 rejected Prop. J 70 42 0 19 accepted Prop. K 38 60 0 29 rejected Prop. L 50 55 0 20 rejected Prop. M 25 27 1 80 ed. comm. Prop. N 18 : 92 : 2 : 12 ed. comm. Prop. O 10 : 106 : 2 : 7 rejected Prop. P 11 : 28 : 0 : 87 ed. comm. Prop. Q 15 : 106 : 1 : 4 rejected

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Rec. 37B

Prop. A 10 49 1 70 rejected

Art. 40

Prop. A 15 : 5 0 103 ed. comm.

Art. 41

Prop. A 74 17 1 : 38 accepted Prop. B 14 87 : 1 22 rejected

Art. 42

Prop. A 2 123 0 2 rejected Prop. B 9 99 2 16 rejected

Art. 45

Prop. A 19 : 28 0 72 ed. comm.

Art. 46

Prop. A 12 10 0 101 ed. comm. Prop. B 9 87 1 30 rejected Prop. C 5 112 1 3 rejected

Rec. 46A

Prop. A 10 102 1 12 rejected Prop. B 1 : 111 : 1 11 rejected Prop. C 3 28 14 81 ed. comm.

Rec. 46B

Prop. A 2 35 2 76 ed. comm.

Rec. 46D

Prop. A 65 45 0 18 accepted Prop. B 76 17 0 34 accepted

Rec. 46E

Prop. A 60 46 0 18 accepted Prop. B 9 22 0 88 ed. comm. Prop. C 7 101 3 17 rejected19 Prop. D 29 20 0 80 rejected Prop. E 3 105 14 7 rejected Prop. F 1 128 1 2 rejected

Rec. 46F

Prop. A 29 13 0 91 ed. comm.

Art. 48

Prop. A 1 117 1 5 rejected

Art. 49

Prop. A 72 44 2 8 rejected Prop. B 28 84 2 12 rejected (137:

222)

Art. 50

Prop. A 4 17 0 109 ed. comm.

Rec. 50A

Prop. A 7 : 16 : 0 : 106 ed. comm.

Rec. 50E

Prop. A 19 : 93 : 0 : 8 rejected

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Rec. 50 F

Prop. A 97 28 0 6 accepted Prop. B 10 121 0 1 rejected

Art. 57

Prop. A 12 116 0 0 rejected Prop. B 6 10 0 110 ed. comm.

Art. 62

Prop. A 17 29 1 65 ed. comm.

Art. 63

Prop. A 36 81 10 2 accepted Prop. B 76 40 5 13 accepted Prop. C 37 35 4 55 ed. comm. Prop. D 8 80 5 34 rejected20 Prop. E 32 17 3 81 ed. comm. Prop. F 11 29 2 86 ed. comm. Prop. G 4 63 4 51 rejected Prop. H 6 102 : 12 6 rejected Prop. I 10 100 12 4 rejected Prop. J 11 100 12 3 rejected Prop. K 22 95 10 2 rejected Prop. L 11 99 : 12 6 rejected Prop. M 9 100 12 6 rejected Prop. N 11 101 12 2 rejected Prop. O 9 : 102 12 3 rejected Prop. P 11 100 : 12 3 rejected Prop. Q 5 : 100 12 8 rejected Prop. R 36 : 42 1 45 ed. comm. Prop. S 0 : 49 3 69 ed. comm. Prop. T 0 : 47 3 70 ed. comm.

Prop. U 0 : 53 3 63 ed. comm.

New Art. 63bis

Prop. A 10 96 13 3 rejected Prop. B 10 : 97 13 3 rejected Prop. C 13 : 96 12 3 rejected Prop. D 11 100 9 : 3 rejected Prop. E 8 100 8 4 rejected Prop. F 10 100 8 5 rejected

Art. 64

Prop. A 61 45 2 11 ed. comm. Prop. B 17 101 2 4 rejected Prop. C 14 108 : 2 4 rejected Prop. D 45 85 3 10 rejected Prop. E 24 : 89 4 5 rejected Prop. F 26 90 4 1 rejected Prop. G 9 : 109 1 1 rejected Prop. H 28 82 1 3 rejected (187:

202) Prop. I 2 123 1 2 rejected

Art. 65

Prop. A 8 88 24 8 rejected Prop. B 20 : 46 : 35 : 17 rejected

Art. 66

Prop. A 109 : 18 0 : 5 accepted

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Art. 67

Prop. A 123 20 0 5 accepted Prop. B 2 121 : 1 1 rejected

Art. 68

Prop. A 2 65 1 47 rejected

Art. 69

Prop. A 6 119 1 1 rejected Prop. B 70 36 3 19 rejected (241:

163-59.7%)21 Prop. C 37 31 1 59 accepted (251:

145-53.4%)22 Prop. D 39 : 32 9 : 44 accepted23

Prop. E 18 110 1 2 rejected Prop. F 19 109 : 1 2 rejected Prop. G 6 119 : 1 1 rejected Prop. H 41 : 67 4 10 withdrawn Prop. I 31 : 77 : 4 : 13 withdrawn Prop. J 7 : 49 : 4 : 65 accepted24 Prop. K 7 : 51 : 4 : 62 withdrawn Prop. L 10 : 92 : 5 : 13 rejected

Art. 72

Prop. A 5 : 92 : 3 : 26 rejected

Art. 73

Prop. A 117 : 2 : 1 : 4 accepted25 Prop. B 20 : 90 : 2 : 4 rejected Prop. C 6 : 45 : 1 : 71 ed. comm.

Prop. D 54 : 44 : 1 : 25 accepted26

Prop. E 86 : 30 : 0 : 9 accepted Prop. F 11 : 86 : 15 : 6 rejected Prop. G 3 : 111 : 0 : 6 rejected Prop. H 60 : 47 : 4 : 9 rejected (216:

169-56.1%) Prop. I 28 : 74 : 2 : 12 accepted Prop. J 23 : 87 : 2 : 5 rejected Prop. K 12 : 97 : 2 : 5 rejected Prop. L 67 : 17 : 1 : 39 accepted Prop. M 25 : 23 : 1 : 68 rejected Prop. N 88 : 34 : 0 : 2 accepted Prop. O 12 : 33 : 8 : 48 rejected

Rec. 73B

Prop. A 69 : 35 : 1 : 8 accepted Prop. B 28 : 7 : 0 : 82 ed. comm.

Rec. 73G

Prop. A 17 : 92 : 3 : 2 rejected Prop. B 73 : 27 : 10 : 8 accepted Prop. C 9 : 76 : 11 : 21 rejected Prop. D 17 : 69 : 11 : 19 rejected Prop. E 84 : 9 : 2 : 25 accepted

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Art. 75

Prop. A 78 14 1 33 accepted Prop. B 26 50 1 48 rejected (186:

206) Prop. C 43 13 0 : 68 accepted Prop. D 5 51 0 65 rejected

Rec. 75A

Prop. A 31 85 1 3 rejected Prop. B 60 45 1 12 accepted Prop. C 71 : 36 1 11 accepted Prop. D 85 : 18 1 : 12 accepted

Division III

Prop. A 41 71 : 9 : 3 accepted27 Prop. B 24 : 82 : 0 : 0 rejected Prop. C 14 : 114 : 3 : 6 rejected Prop. D 17 : 107 : 3 : 0 rejected Prop. E 30 : 98 : 2 : 1 Gen. comm. Prop. F 4 : 124 : 2 : 0 rejected

Art. H.3

Prop. A 2 : 20 : 1 : 85 ed. comm. Prop. B 9 : 13 : 0 : 80 ed. comm. Prop. C 6 : 9 : 0 : 99 ed. comm.

Art. H.5

Prop. A 6 11 0 95 withdrawn28

New Art. H.5bis

Prop. A 2 104 1 3 rejected

Art. H.6

Prop. A 72 : 23 : 3 : 12 accepted Prop. B 20 : 17 : 0 : 76 ed. comm.29 Prop. C 29 : 69 : 1 7 rejected

Rec. H.6A

Prop. A 53 31 0 : 20 accepted

Art. H.8

Prop. A 10 10 : 0 : 93 ed. comm.

Art. H.10

Prop. A 3 103 : 0 2 rejected

Rec. H.10B

Prop. A 85 15 1 13 accepted

Art. H.11

Prop. A 12 : 6 : 0 : 91 ed. comm. Prop. B 55 : 19 : 0 : 31 withdrawn28 Prop. C 54 : 22 : 1 : 28 withdrawn28

New Rec. H.11A

Prop. A 61 18 : 0 : 28 ed. comm.

App. II

Prop. A 20 : 84 : 12 : 6 accepted30 Prop. B 20 : 84 : 12 : 5 ed. comm.

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Prop. C 20 85 12 : 3 ed. comm. Prop. D 16 85 12 7 ed. comm. Prop. E 3 106 8 1 rejected

New App. VI

Prop. A 9 84 : 15 3 rejected

Guide Types T.1

Prop. A 65 12 0 : 54 accepted3' Prop. B 5 28 0 49 rejected8

Guide Types T.3

Prop. A 9 14 1 106 ed. comm. Prop. B 3 8 2 116 ed. comm.

Guide Types T.4

Prop. A 15 99 2 8 rejected8 Prop. B 78 15 2 28 accepted Prop. C 77 30 : 0 19 accepted

Explanatory notes on Congress actions Referred to the Special Committee on Registration set up to report to the XV International Botanical

Congress (IBC)-see note 27 (below). 2 Accepted with the first line amended to read: "That the Special Committee on Registration be given a mandate to determine the desirability and feasibility, and, if appropriate, to actively investigate,

3 Accepted in the amended form: "Publication of the principal text of the Code in other languages be sponsored and the General Committee be asked to declare the conditions under which such translations of the Code be authorized." 4 A further proposal from the floor that "Either term, divisio or phylum, can be used interchangeably under the Botanical Code for the same rank" was also rejected. 5 First addition to Art. 7.4 referred to Editorial Committee; second addition rejected. 6 A new proposal from the floor was accepted beforehand; it read: Add at the end of Art. 7.11: "Automatic typification does not apply to sanctioned names."

7 The General Committee was instructed to establish another Special Committee on Lectotypification to review all proposals on lectotypification not accepted at this Congress, including a proposal to produce a list of types of Linnaean generic names, to report to the XV IBC. 8 Referred to the Special Committee on Lectotypification. 9 As amended, deleting the final sentence and the Example. 10 The addition of the phrase in Art. 8.1(c) beginning "and another element is available ..." was rejected and referred to the Special Committee on Lectotypification, but the other revisions to the present text were referred to the Editorial Committee. I A proposal to set up a Special Committee on Living Types was also rejected. 12 The three paragraphs proposed for addition to Art. 14 were voted on separately: para. n was rejected (172:155-52.6%); para. o was accepted; para. p was accepted (197:119-62.3%). Subse- quently, a clarifying wording of para. p ("When two homonyms are sanctioned, Arts. 64 and 72 Note 1 apply to the later of them") was referred to the Editorial Committee. 13 Amended to extend the effect of the provision to all conserved names (i.e. including sanctioned names). 14 A similar change to Rec. 16A.4 was also accepted.

15 Referred to a Special Committee to study Art. 23 in detail with particular reference to multinomials and to report to the XV IBC. '6 "Ex. 1", only, accepted as a "voted example" of Art. 32.1(c); the text was rejected and the other examples referred to the Editorial Committee. 17 The General Committee was instructed to establish a Special Committee on the effect of biblio-

graphic errors in citation on valid publication, to report to the XV IBC. Art. 33, Props. L-R were referred to it.

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18 Amended to restrict its application to types of names of taxa at and below the rank of species. 19 Referred to a Special Committee on the use of "in" and "ex" in the citation of the names of authors to report to the XV IBC. (Established by a vote of

229:119-- 65.8%- simple majority required.)

20 Amended by the proposer from the floor, and referred to the Special Committee on Retroactivity, Superfluity and Illegitimacy set up under Art. 63, Prop. A, and also to the Editorial Committee. 21 In response to a request from the floor, the Section agreed to a second card vote which confirmed the rejection (239:171- 58.3%). A previous amendment to restrict the proposal to names of species was rejected (164:192). 22 Accepted with the following addition at the beginning: "A name of a genus or species that has been widely and persistently used for a taxon or taxa not including its type and would be the correct name for another taxon, may also be conserved or rejected under Art. 14.1 (b)." 23 Accepted as amended by the proposers to read: "Names of genera and species rejected, or rec- ommended for rejection, under Art. 69 prior to the Berlin Congress may be reconsidered by relevant committees, which may recommend conservation of that name which will best serve stability, such names to be listed as an Appendix in the Code." 24 Amended as a new Recommendation to read: "A name that has been widely and persistently used for a taxon or taxa not including its type should not be used in a sense that conflicts with current usage unless and until a proposal to dispose of it under Art. 69 has been submitted and rejected." 25 An amendment to add the words, "An apostrophe or full stop in the original publication should not be retained" was rejected (222:186-54.4%). 26 Accepted in the amended form: "Other letters appearing in scientific names such as the 'long-s' (racemofa), or ligatures such as the German 'double-s' (13) (blofJfeldiana) are to be transcribed, e.g. racemosa, blossfeldiana." 27 Accepted as amended to read: "A Special Committee on Registration be set up to report to the XV IBC." 28 A revised version of Art. H.5 was submitted from the floor and referred to the Editorial Committee in association with the Committee for Hybrids. 29 In association with the Committee for Hybrids. 30 Amended to apply only to groups other than Spermatophyta and to be permissive not mandatory. 31 As amended to exclude the new material in Art. 7.5, Note 2. 32 Referable to the Special Committee on Retroactivity, Superfluity and Illegitimacy. 33 A new proposal on Art. 7.11 was submitted by the proposer from the floor; it was also rejected. Both are referable to the Special Committee on Retroactivity, Superfluity and Illegitimacy. 34 But noting that, with the rejection of Art. 14, Prop. E, para. n, the sentence beginning "treated as if conserved against ... " must be retained.

Action regarding committees, etc. The "Sydney Code" was approved as published. Nomina conservanda and rejicienda were approved as recommended by the General Committee

(see Taxon 30: 143-154 and General Committee report to the Congress, to be published in a later issue of Taxon, and including a small number of corrections to the earlier list).

Special committee reports as presented were approved. Nominations to the Permanent Nomenclatural Committees and to the office of Rapporteur-g6neral

were approved as proposed by a nominating committee appointed at the first session of the Section. The appointment, by the General Committee, of 6 special committees, to report to the next Inter-

national Botanical Congress, was authorized (see footnotes 1, 7, 15, 17, 19 and 20). The Editorial Committee was given the usual power to alter wording, examples, or location of

Articles and Recommendations insofar as the meaning was not affected, but was requested to retain the present numbering insofar as possible.

Suggestions on wording and examples relating to the next edition of the Code should be submitted to the Editorial Committee (Secretary: J. McNeill, Regius Keeper, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR, Scotland, U.K.) before 1 January 1988.

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