International Code of Nomenclature 



Table of Contents 



Name f)t a species; 

 specific epithets. 



I)inarv com I) 



How toiiiicd. KiiKJs ot 



Note. Definition of "epithet." 



Rer. a. Parenthetical position of name of subgenus in name of a 

 species. 



b. Suggestions to authors of new specific epithets. 



c. Use of genitive and adjectival forms of a specific epithet 

 (in the same genus) . 



7. Name of a subspecies; a ternary conil)ination. How formed. Equiva- 

 lence of "subspecies" and "variety." 



8. Infrasubspecific subdivisions. How designated. 



Rec. Definitions of strain, type, group, phase, form, state, and stage. 



Section 2. Designation of nomenclatural types. 

 9a. Each taxon has a nomenclatural type. Definition. 

 9b. Designation of a nomenclatural type for a suprageneric taxon. 

 9c. Designation of a nomenclatural type for a genus or subgenus. 

 9d. Designation of a nomenclatural type for a species or sidjspecies. 

 Rec. a. Desirability of designating nomenclatural types of newly 



named taxa. 

 h. Preservation of 



type" material. 



Section 3. Publication of names. 



10. Beginning date for valid publication of names of bacterial taxa. 



11. Conditions of "effective" publication. 



12a. Definition of "valid" and "validly published." 



12b. Label on a cidture or preparation not valid publication. 



12c. Names proposed provisionally or not accepted by author not 

 validly published. 



12d. Listing a name as a synonym not valid publication. 



12e. Listing of subordinated taxa not valid publication. 



12f. Date of a name is that of its valid publication. 



Rec. a. Diagnoses in unfamiliar languages. 



b. Publication should be precisely dated. 



c. Validity of publication in reprints. 



d. Rank and location of new taxa should be indicated. 



e. Nomenclatural types shoidd be designated. 

 /. Etymology of new names desirable. 



13. Conditions for valid publication of generic and subgeneric names. 



Note. Monotypic new genera. 



Rec. Combined generic and specific description. 



H. Conditions for valid publication of names of species and sub- 

 species. 



Section 4. Citation of names of authors and taxa. 



15. Citation of name of author and date of publication. 



Rec. a. Designation of emendations. 



b. Citation of description by one author in publication of 

 another. 



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