Knapp, Sandra, Turland, Nicholas J., Barkworth, Mary E., Barrie, Fred R., Fortunato, Renée H., Gandhi, Kanchi, Gereau, Roy E., Greuter, Werner, Herendeen, Patrick S., Landrum, Leslie R., Mabberley, David J., Marhold, Karol, May, Tom W., Moore, Gerry, Arce, Lourdes Rico, Smith, Gideon F., Thiele, Kevin, and Li Zhang
Subjects
PLANT classification, COMMITTEES, BOTANY -- Congresses, BOTANICAL societies, MEMBERSHIP in associations, institutions, etc.
Abstract
A conference paper about a proposal to replace the Division III of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, which was considered and voted upon by a Special Committee on By-Laws for the Nomenclature Section at the XVIII International Botanical Congress in Melbourne in 2011. It consists of provisions for governance of the Code, voting rules for the Section, and publications. Other provisions include the committees under the Section, membership and functions.
Information about the symposium "Concepts of Systematic Biology From Linnaeus to the Present" which was held on July 11, 2007 in Chicago, Illinois is presented. The symposium was designed to chronicle many of the changes and attendant perspectives, with papers discussed by Gordon Reid who assessed the contributions of Carl Linnaeus. In addition, Peter Stevens gave comments on the developments of the natural system of plant taxonomy.