New taxonomic names online will be "valid publication"

Electronic revolution in plant taxonomy

Elizabeth C Moylan

BMC Evolutionary Biology 2011, 11:251doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-251

The electronic version of this article can be found online at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/11/251

Published: 14 September 2011

The XVIII International Botanical Congress held in Melbourne, Australia this July [1], a gathering of more than 2000 plant scientists from 73 nations, witnessed exciting developments in the field of plant taxonomy. At the meeting, a resolution was passed with a large majority to enable new taxonomic names to be published electronically and their accompanying descriptions and diagnoses to be published in English or Latin rather than the obligatory Latin description [2]. These are truly ground sweeping changes to the 'International Code of Botanical Nomenclature' [3] henceforth to be known as the 'International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi and plants', and brings 'the Code' bang up to date in the 21st Century.

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