(42) A Proposal regarding Isonyms Author(s): J. F. Veldkamp and M. S. M. Sosef Reviewed work(s): Source: Taxon, Vol. 47, No. 2 (May, 1998), pp. 491-492 Published by: International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1223800 . Accessed: 01/06/2012 11:02 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Taxon. http://www.jstor.org TAXON47 - MAY1998 491 (42) A proposal regarding isonyms J. F. Veldkamp1& M. S. M. Sosef2 A taxon may have been describedby differentauthors with the same name and type, yet such names are not homonymsin the sense of Art. 53.1, which states that homonymsare based on differenttypes. Such "homotypichomonyms" were exten- sively discussed by Nicolson (in Taxon 24: 461-466. 1975), who called them "isonyms"and concludedthat a laterisonym has no nomenclaturalstatus. As this is not clearlyexplained by the Code,as is shownby the case presentedbelow, isonyms perplexeven experiencednomenclaturalists. Therefore, it appearsuseful to includea relevantexample in the Code, whose exact placementis left to the discretionof its editors.