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Title
Preface INTERNATIONAL CODE OF
Key to the renumbering of Articles, Notes, and
Recommendations NOMENCLATURE FOR
1. Vienna Code to Melbourne Code
2. Melbourne Code to Vienna Code
ALGAE, FUNGI, AND
Important dates in the Code PLANTS
Preamble
DIVISION I. Principles PREAMBLE
DIVISION II. Rules and Recommendations
CHAPTER I. Taxa and their ranks 1. Biology requires a precise and simple system of
Art. 1, Art. 2, Art. 3, Art. 4, Art. 5 nomenclature that is used in all countries, dealing on the one
hand with the terms that denote the ranks of taxonomic
CHAPTER II. Status, typification, and priority of groups or units, and on the other hand with the scientific
names names that are applied to the individual taxonomic groups.
SECTION 1. Status definitions The purpose of giving a name to a taxonomic group is not to
Art. 6 indicate its characters or history, but to supply a means of
SECTION 2. Typification referring to it and to indicate its taxonomic rank. This Code
aims at the provision of a stable method of naming taxonomic
Art. 7, Art. 8, Art. 9, Art. 10 groups, avoiding and rejecting the use of names that may
SECTION 3. Priority cause error or ambiguity or throw science into confusion. Next
Art. 11, Art. 12 in importance is the avoidance of the useless creation of
names. Other considerations, such as absolute grammatical
SECTION 4. Limitation of the principle of priority correctness, regularity or euphony of names, more or less
Art. 13, Art. 14, Art. 15 prevailing custom, regard for persons, etc., notwithstanding
CHAPTER III. Nomenclature of taxa according to their undeniable importance, are relatively accessory.
their rank
2. Algae, fungi, and plants are the organisms[1] covered by
SECTION 1. Names of taxa above the rank of this Code.
family
Art. 16, Art. 17 3. The Principles form the basis of the system of
nomenclature governed by this Code.
SECTION 2. Names of families and subfamilies,
tribes and subtribes 4. The detailed provisions are divided into rules, which are set
Art. 18, Art. 19 out in the Articles (Art.) (sometimes with clarification in
SECTION 3. Names of genera and subdivisions of Notes), and Recommendations (Rec.). Examples (Ex.)[2] are
genera added to the rules and recommendations to illustrate them. A
Glossary defining terms used in this Code is included.
Art. 20, Art. 21, Art. 22
SECTION 4. Names of species 5. The object of the rules is to put the nomenclature of the
past into order and to provide for that of the future; names
Art. 23 contrary to a rule cannot be maintained.
SECTION 5. Names of taxa below the rank of
species (infraspecific taxa) 6. The Recommendations deal with subsidiary points, their
object being to bring about greater uniformity and clarity,
Art. 24, Art. 25, Art. 26, Art. 27 especially in future nomenclature; names contrary to a
SECTION 6. Names of organisms in cultivation Recommendation cannot, on that account, be rejected, but
Art. 28 they are not examples to be followed.
CHAPTER IV. Effective publication 7. The provisions regulating the governance of this Code form
SECTION 1. Conditions of effective publication its last Division (Div. III).
Art. 29, Art. 30 8. The provisions of this Code apply to all organisms
SECTION 2. Dates of effective publication traditionally treated as algae, fungi, or plants, whether fossil
Art. 31 or nonfossil, including bluegreen algae (Cyanobacteria)[3],
chytrids, oomycetes, slime moulds, and photosynthetic
CHAPTER V. Valid publication of names protists with their taxonomically related nonphotosynthetic
SECTION 1. General provisions groups (but excluding Microsporidia). Provisions for the
Art. 32, Art. 33, Art. 34, Art. 35, Art. 36, Art. 37 names of hybrids appear in Appendix I.
SECTION 2. Names of new taxa 9. Names that have been conserved or rejected, suppressed
Art. 38, Art. 39, Art. 40 works, and binding decisions are given in Appendices IIVIII.
SECTION 3. New combinations, names at new 10. The Appendices form an integral part of this Code,
ranks, replacement names whether published together with, or separately from, the main
Art. 41 text.
SECTION 4. Names in particular groups 11. The International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated
Art. 42, Art. 43, Art. 44, Art. 45 Plants is prepared under the authority of the International
CHAPTER VI. Citation Commission for the Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants and
deals with the use and formation of names applied to special
SECTION 1. Author citations categories of organisms in agriculture, forestry, and
Art. 46, Art. 47, Art. 48, Art. 49, Art. 50 horticulture.
SECTION 2. General recommendations on citation 12. The only proper reasons for changing a name are either a
Rec. 50A, Rec. 50B, Rec. 50C, Rec. 50D, Rec. more profound knowledge of the facts resulting from
50E, Rec. 50F, Rec. 50G adequate taxonomic study or the necessity of giving up a
CHAPTER VII. Rejection of names nomenclature that is contrary to the rules.
Art. 51, Art. 52, Art. 53, Art. 54, Art. 55, Art. 56, 13. In the absence of a relevant rule or where the
Art. 57, Art. 58 consequences of rules are doubtful, established custom is
CHAPTER VIII. Names of anamorphic fungi or fungi followed.
with a pleomorphic life cycle 14. This edition of the Code supersedes all previous editions.
Art. 59
[1] In this Code, unless otherwise indicated, the word “organism” applies
CHAPTER IX. Orthography and gender of names
only to the organisms covered by this Code, i.e. those traditionally studied
SECTION 1. Orthography by botanists, mycologists, and phycologists (see Pre. 8).
Art. 60, Art. 61 [2] See also footnote to Art. 7 *Ex. 13.
[3] For the nomenclature of other prokaryotic groups, see the International
SECTION 2. Gender
Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (Bacteriological Code) [Although
Art. 62 renamed in 1999 as the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes
DIVISION III. Provisions for the Governance of the (see Labeda in Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 50: 2246. 2000), the current
Code edition, published in 1992, retains the previous name.]
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