Systematics Seminar:

Biological Nomenclature

Links to the codes

BioCode -- A single code of nomenclature for all living things (4th draft, April 1997)
See also John McNeill's General Introduction to the BioCode
International Code for Botanical Nomenclature
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature -- Changes for the 4th edition
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (3rd edition) -- Adobe Acrobat format (accessible only from within the UConn.Edu domain)
Nomenclatural equivalences between the botanical and zoological codes (Adapted from the table in the 3rd draft (March 1996) of the BioCode
The International Committee on Bionomenclature (ICB) -- A brief account of the origin of the ICB and its current composition
Draft BioCode (1997) - URLs etc. (from a message posted to TAXACOM by John McNeill, and the links listed are now outdated)
Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature -- a collection of unusual biological names

Tentative schedule

		Relevant Articles
Date	Topic	Botanical Code	Zoological Code	BioCode
30 Jan.	Principles	Preamble, Principles, Art. 23	Preamble, Art. 1, 5, 23b, 61, 80, Appendix A: Ethics	Preamble, Principles
6 Feb.	Taxa and Ranks, Publication	Art. 1-4, 29.1, 31.1	Art. 1, 8, 9, 10d, 21, 23g, 42b	Art. 1-6
13 Feb.	Names: Status,Establishment, and Registration	Art. 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, Rec. 7A.1, 32.1, 32.2, 33.2, 33 Note 1, 36.1, 37.1, 37.5, , 38.1, 41.1, 43.1, 45.1, 45.2	Art. 5, 7-11, 13b, 23, 67h	Art. 7-13
20 Feb.	Names: Typification	Art. 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.6, 9.7, 9.10, 10.1, 10.6, 32.2, 45.1	Art. 61a, 63, 67h, 72e, 73(a)(iv), 74, 75, Rec. 75E	Art. 13-17
27 Feb.	Names: Homonymy and Precedence	Art. 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5, 11.7, 11.9, 11 Note 1, 12.1, 53.1, 53.3, 53.4, 53.6, 56.1, 56.2, 57.1	Art. 1b, 23, 24, 52, 53.6, 58	Art. 18-20
6 Mar.	Precedence	Art. 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15 Note 1, 15.5, 15.6		Art. 21
13 Mar.	Precedence (continued)	Art. 14.1, 14.4, 14.5, 14.6, 14.7, 14.8, 14.9, 14.10, 14.11, 14 Note 3, 14.12, 14.14, 56.1, 56.2, 57.1	Art. 23b, 78f, 78h, 78i, 79c, 80	Art. 22-25
27 Mar.	Rank Groups and Their Names: Superfamily and Above to Family Groups	Art. 16.1, Rec. 16 A.1, Rec. 16 A.2, Rec. 16 A.4, 17.1, 18.1, 18.4, 19.1, 19.3, 19.4	Art. 4a, 4b, 5b, 6a, 11f, 11g, 29a, 32c, 32d, 36, 29a, 43, 46, 47	Art. 25-27
3 Apr.	Rank Groups and Their Names: Genus Groups	Art. 20.1, 21.1, 21.1, 21.2, 22.1, 22.2	Art. 4a, 4b, 6a, 11g, 43	Art. 28-30
10 Apr.	Rank Groups and Their Names: Species Groups Provisions for Special Groups	Art. 23.1, 23.5, 24.1, 24.2, 26.1, 27.1, Rec. H10B.1	Art. 5b, 32d, 46, 47	Art. 31-34
17 Apr.	Provisions for Special Groups Orthography and Gender of Names	Art. 59.1, 59.2, 59.3, 59.5, 60.1, 60.2, 60.4, 60.5, 60.6, 60.10, 60.11, Rec. 60H.1, Rec. H10B.1	Art. 23f, 23g, 27, 32	Art. 34-37
24 Apr.	Orthography and Gender of Names (cont.) Authorship of Names Authority	Art. 46.1, 46.2, 46.3, 46.4, 46.6, 46 Note 1, 46 Note 2, 49.1, 61.2, 61.4, 62.1, 62.2, Division III	Art. 50, 32c, 51c, 88	Art. 38-41, Division III
1 May	What did the BioCode leave out?

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