64 Infernafional Code of Nomenclature 



Rules 12a, 12b. Sect. 3. Publication of Names 



Throughout biolog\ the names given to all taxa must be Latin 

 or Latinized to be recognized as validly published. 



The Botanical Code (Art. 35) also requires that publication on or 

 after 1 Jan. 1958 of the name of a new taxon of recent plants of the 

 rank of order or beloAv is valid only when the nomenclatural type 

 is indicated. 



RULE 12b. Valid publication is not effected by placing a name on a culture 

 or preparation of bacteria in a collection or exhibit open to the public. 



ANNOTATIONS 



Rule 12b. New names of microorganisms have occasionally been 

 placed upon cultures, as in Type Culture Collections, and have some- 

 times been printed in catalogues, without descriptions. Such names 

 and new names placed upon museimi specimens for public exhibition 

 are not validly published. 



In botany the placing of a new name upon a herbarium specimen 

 (exsiccatum) , even if accompanied by a description, does not consti- 

 tute valid publication. 



Publication of a new name in zoology is not effected by placing 

 the name on the label of a museum specimen. 



