Nomenclatural status¶
Scratchpads follow the ITIS scheme (see Itis standard fields). When setting a term of a biological taxonomy as not accepted you are also expected to provide the unacceptability reason for it.
To accommodate the different nomenclature common practices followed by both IBN and ICZN, we provide adjusted lists of unacceptability reasons.
The following table illustrates how terms will be designated in the classification tree when a specific unacceptability reason has been selected.
| Unaccepability reason | Mark in classification | Position in relation to term |
|---|---|---|
| database artifact | artifact | suffix |
| heterotypic (taxonomic) synonym | = | prefix |
| homonym (illegitimate) | nom. illeg. | suffix |
| homonym & junior synonym | = & nom. illeg. | prefix & suffix |
| homotypic (nomenclatural) synonym | ≡ | prefix |
| horticultural | horticultural | suffix |
| invalidly published, nomen nudum | nom. inval. | suffix |
| invalidly published, other | nom. inval. | suffix |
| junior homonym | homonym | suffix |
| junior synonym | = | prefix |
| misapplied | misapplied | suffix |
| nomen dubium | nom. dubium | suffix |
| nomen oblitum | nom. oblitum | suffix |
| objective synonym | ≡ | prefix |
| original name/combination | basionym | suffix |
| orthographic variant (misspelling) | nom. inval. | suffix |
| other | unplaced | suffix |
| pro parte | = & p.p. | prefix & suffix |
| rejected name | nom. rej. | suffix |
| subjective synonym | = | prefix |
| subsequent name/combination |
|
suffix |
| superfluous renaming (illegitimate) | nom. illeg. | suffix |
| synonym | = | prefix |
| unavailable, database artifact | artifact | suffix |
| unavailable, incorrect original spelling | nom. inval. | suffix |
| unavailable, literature misspelling | nom. inval. | suffix |
| unavailable, nomen nudum | nom. illeg. | suffix |
| unavailable, other |