Title:
(009) A proposal to solve a paradox when neotypifying names of fossil‐taxa
Author(s):
Gravendyck, Julia; Bachelier, Julien B.; Kürschner, Wolfram M.; Herendeen, Patrick S.
Year of publication:
2020
Available Date:
2020-08-03T12:10:30Z
Abstract:
History has given us too many examples where types of the names of taxa have been lost. For example, the destruction of the Berlin Herbarium (B) after a bombing raid in 1943 was a severe blow for the botanical world. A major part of one of the world's largest collections and most extensive neotropical type collection was damaged or destroyed, together with many type specimens from all over the world that were on loan in Berlin at the time. Even today, unfortunate events can cause the loss of scientifically valuable type specimens.
Part of Identifier:
ISSN (print): 0040-0262
e-ISSN (online): 1996-8175
Keywords:
paradox
fossil‐taxa
neotypifying names
DDC-Classification:
580 Pflanzen (Botanik)
Publication Type:
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
URL of the Original Publication:
DOI of the Original Publication:
Department/institution:
Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie
Institut für Biologie / Arbeitsbereich Botanik
Comments:
Die Publikation wurde von der Freien Universität Berlin finanziert.
