‘Retraction' of taxonomic papers: the meaning of the word ‘issued’ and related ones in zoological nomenclature

Alain Dubois

doi:10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a26

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Alain Dubois¹

¹Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles Reptiles & Amphibiens, CP 30, 25 rue Cuvier 75005 Paris (France) adubois@mnhn.fr

Abstract

A basic reason for the diverging interpretations regarding the nomenclatural status of ‘retracted' publications lies in different understandings of some ‘simple’ terms like ‘issued’, used in Article 8 of the Code but not defined in this text. After a discussion of the questions at stake, formal definitions of some of these terms are provided.

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Alain Dubois "‘Retraction' of taxonomic papers: the meaning of the word ‘issued’ and related ones in zoological nomenclature," Zoosystema 42(26), 519-523, (9 October 2020). https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a26

Received: 21 September 2020; Accepted: 25 September 2020; Published: 9 October 2020