Autonym (botany): Difference between revisions

The definition of an autonym is in artArt. '''6.8''' of the Code: "Autonyms are such names as can be established automatically under Art. '''22.3''' and '''26.3'''".

:Art. '''22.3''': "The first instance of valid publication<ref>the term '''''valid publication''''' deals with such matters as availability of the printed publication to the general public, designation of a type, presence of a description or diagnosis in Latin language, having a name in Latin form, indication of the rank, and so on (for further reading see ICBN (Vienna Code) Art. 6.2)</ref> of a name of a subdivision of a [[genus]] under a legitimate<ref>the term '''''legitimate name''''' deals with such matters as priority, homonymy, and so on (for further reading see ICBN (Vienna Code) Art. 6.5)</ref> generic name automatically establishes the corresponding autonym". To make the definition complete for subdivisions of genera, artArt. 22.1 says: "The name of any subdivision of a genus that includes the [[botanical type|type]] of the [...] name of the genus to which it is assigned is to repeat the generic name unaltered as its [[epithet]], not followed by an author citation [...] Such names are termed autonyms".

:Art. '''26.3''': "The first instance of valid publication of a name of an [[infraspecific taxon|infraspecific]] [[taxon]] under a legitimate [[species]] name automatically establishes the corresponding autonym". And as above, but now for inspraspecific taxa, artArt 26.1 says: "The name of any infraspecific taxon that includes the type of the [...] name of the species to which it is assigned is to repeat the specific epithet unaltered as its final epithet, not followed by an author citation [...] Such names are termed autonyms".