Difference between revisions of "Annotating Publications"
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| − | |original description of a genus | + | |original description of a genus-group taxon |
| − | |''original description. Type: {type species w/ author}, by | + | |''original description. Type: {type species w/ author}, by monotypy and/or original designation or designated by {author} ({year})'' |
| − | | | + | |Examples: ''original description. Type: Embioctonus setiger Masner, by monotypy and original designation''; ''original description. Type: Anteris bilineata Thomson, designated by Muesebeck & Walkley (1956)'' |
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Revision as of 19:26, 22 March 2011
Introduction
This section contains procedures and conventions used for annotating taxonomic acts within publications.
General Notes
- All annotation text must be in lowercase except for proper nouns and taxonomic names or after certain special cases where periods are used. The first letter of an annotation is not capitalized
- The page number used for an annotation is the first page on which a taxonomic act appears
- An original description begins with the header containing the newly described name of a descriptive block
Annotation Text Reference
| Taxonomic Act | Annotation Text | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| original description of a species-group taxon | original description | |
| original description of a genus-group taxon | original description. Type: {type species w/ author}, by monotypy and/or original designation or designated by {author} ({year}) | Examples: original description. Type: Embioctonus setiger Masner, by monotypy and original designation; original description. Type: Anteris bilineata Thomson, designated by Muesebeck & Walkley (1956) |
