Who amends the international code of botanical nomenclature?

Taxon

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 930-934

  Smith, Gideon F ^a,b   Figueiredo, Estrela ^b   Moore, Gerry ^c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c Brooklyn Botanical Garden   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing nations; International botanical congress; International code of botanical nomenclature; Nomenclature section; Representation; Voting

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HERB; NOMENCLATURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

AUSTRIA; VIENNA;

EID: 77954471149     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tax.593021     Document Type: Article

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