One of the most iconic tortoise species, coming from the Sivalik Hills in India and probably the largest tortoise that ever lived, has a complicated nomenclatural history. Although initially published as Megalochelys ...

Recent studies of extra-Amazonian species of Copaifera revealed several nomenclatural problems. We choose lectotypes for C. cearensis Huber ex Ducke and C. cearensis var. arenicola Ducke from amongst the available syntypes, ...

According to the Code currently in force, taxonomic works presenting nomenclatural novelties published on optical discs may be nomenclaturally available only if published between 1985 and 2013, and respecting some conditions ...

In zoological nomenclature, to be potentially valid, nomenclatural novelties (i.e., new nomina and nomenclatural acts) need first to be made available, that is, published in works qualifying as publications as defined by ...

Background and aims - The collections of Lauraceae in the Van Heurck Herbarium (AWH), which is currently on permanent loan to BR, have remained unknown by most of the specialists and by the general public up until the ...

A working group of the 2016 International Summit on Intellectual Disability and Dementia was charged to examine the terminology used to define and report on dementia in publications related to intellectual disability (ID). ...

Thermophilic fungi are of wide interest due to their potential to produce heat-tolerant enzymes for biotechnological processes. However, the taxonomy of such organisms remains obscure, especially given new developments in ...

In 2021, Jayat et al. propose a new species of sigmodontine rodent, named Phyllotis pehuenche, for the populations of the P. xanthopygus species complex from southwestern Mendoza and western Neuquén provinces, Argentina. ...