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- Title
Is stability too revered in zoological nomenclature?
- Authors
Raposo, Marcos A; Silva, Helio Ricardo da; Francisco, Barbara Cristina S; Vieira, Odilon; Fonseca, Odirlei Vieira da; Assis, Claydson Pinto de; Kirwan, Guy M; Capdevile, Tomás Gonçalves; Lourenço, Ana Carolina Calijorne; Sobral, Gisela; Bockmann, Flávio Alicino; Selvatti, Alexandre Pedro; Dias, Pedro G B Souza; Zacca, Thamara; Souza-Gudinho, Filipe; Carvalho, Marcelo Rodrigues de; Targino, Mariane; Frazão, Annelise
- Abstract
Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS WorldCat 14 Smith GF, Figueiredo E. "Rhodes-" must fall: Some of the consequences of colonialism for botany and plant nomenclature. Recently, the ICZN Commissioners ([3]) issued a formal statement signalling their resistance to promoting the replacement of specific epithets honouring historical figures who, for example, advocated racist and/or sexist views, or were otherwise associated with unethical behaviour. Kant unequivocally demonstrated that we could never be sure how our propositions relate to the real world.
- Subjects
ZOOLOGICAL nomenclature; BOTANICAL nomenclature; BIOLOGICAL nomenclature; BIOLOGICAL classification; SCIENTIFIC communication; SOCIAL norms
- Publication
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2023, Vol 199, Issue 1, p7
- ISSN
0024-4082
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad106