Does nomenclatural availability of nomina of new species or subspecies require the deposition of vouchers in collections?

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1409, 2007, Pages 1-22

  Dubois, Alain ^a   Nemésio, André ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity crisis; Code; Collections; Commission; Definitions; DNA sequences; Illustrations; Nomenclatural availability; Onomatophores; Vouchers

Indexed keywords

AVES; PRIMATES;

EID: 33847795879     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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