Report of the First Meeting of a Working Group on Lists of Names in Current Use Author(s): D. L. Hawksworth and W. Greuter Reviewed work(s): Source: Taxon, Vol. 38, No. 1 (Feb., 1989), pp. 142-148 Published by: International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1220921 . Accessed: 27/07/2012 05:34 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 142 TAXON VOLUME38 Mountains on the Alberta-British Columbia border and (3) the Gaspe region of Quebec and western Newfoundland (Downie and Denford, 1986a). The close relationship among the three taxa was rec- ognized by Maguire (1942, 1943) who treated them all as subspecies of A. louiseana: subsp. louiseana, subsp.frigida (Iljin) Maguire, and subsp. griscomii (Fernald) Maguire. Recently Downie and Denford (1986a, 1986b) presented convincing morphological, cytological, biochemical and distributional evi- dence to maintain three taxa but to recognize the eastern Canadian and Beringian taxa as constituting an additional species. Consequently, Downie (in Downie and Denford, 1986a), resurrected the name A. frigida Meyer ex Iljin, which had been previously applied to the Beringian taxon, and proposed the new combination A. frigida subsp. griscomii (Fernald) S. R. Downie for the eastern Canadian taxon. However, this new combination is incorrect since Arnica griscomii Fernald (1924) has priority over A. frigida Iljin (1926). The eastern Canadian taxon, which must be treated as A. griscomii subsp. griscomii is considered rare in Quebec (Bouchard et al., 1983) and it will also be included in the forthcoming treatment of the rare plants of Newfoundland. It is therefore necessary to correct this error and provide a new combination for the Beringian taxon: Arnica griscomii Fernald subsp. frigida (Iljin) S. J. Wolf, comb. nov. Arnicafrigida Meyer ex Iljin, Trudy Bot. Muz. 19: 112. 1926. A. louiseana subsp.frigida (Iljin) Maguire, Madroho 6: 153. 1942. LiteratureCited Bouchard, A., D. Barab6, M. Dumais and S. Hay. 1983. The rare vascular plants of Quebec. Nat. Mus. Can. Syllogeus 48. Downie, S. R. and K. E. Denford. 1986a. The taxonomy of Arnicafrigida and A. louiseana (Aster- aceae). Canad. J. Bot. 64: 1355-1372. - and - . 1986b. The flavonoids of Arnica frigida and A. louiseana (Asteraceae). Canad. J. Bot. 64: 2748-2752. Fernald, M. L. 1924. The eastern American representatives of Arnica alpina. Rhodora 26: 103-107. Iljin, M. M. 1926. Arniques de la flore russe. Trudy Bot. Muz. 19: 107-120. Maguire, B. 1942. Arnica in Alaska and Yukon. Madroho 6: 153-155. 1943. A monograph of the genus Arnica. Brittonia 4: 386-510. REPORT OF THE FIRST MEETING OF A WORKING GROUP ON LISTS OF NAMES IN CURRENT USE D. L. Hawksworth'and W. Greuter2 (Convened under the auspices of the International Union of Biological Sciences and International Association for Plant Taxonomy) Venue 1. CAB International Mycological Institute, Kew, U.K., on 22-23 April 1988. Background 1. Recognizing the continuing disquiet over the instability of names of all plant groups among biologists of diverse disciplines and the need to reduce nomenclatural changes, and following discus- sions and resolutions passed at the International Congress on Systematic and Evolutionary Biology in Brighton in 1985, and the International Union of Biological Sciences General Assembly in Budapest later that year (see Biology International 12: 12-15, 1985), a Committee for the registration of Plant Names was established by the General Committee for Plant Nomenclature in January 1986 on the recommendation of IUBS. I CAB International Mycological Institute, Ferry Lane, Kew, Surrey TW9 3AF, U.K. 2 Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, K6nigin-Luise-Strasse 6-8, D-1000 Berlin 33, Federal Republic of Germany. FEBRUARY1989 143 2. The Committee met at Kew in May 1986 and made proposals on the registration of plant names (see Greuter, Taxon 35: 816-819, 1986) to the International Botanical Congress in Berlin in July 1987. These proposals were referred to a new Special Committee on Registration (with two subcommittees) charged with reporting to the next IBC to be held in Tokyo in 1993. 3. In order to investigate the matter further, not only with regard to newly published names but to names in current use, and following constructive discussions held during the XIV International Bo- tanical Congress and the Third International Taxonomic Databases Working Group for Plant Sciences meeting in Edinburgh in October 1987 (Bisby, Sutton and Russell, Huntia, in press, 1988), IUBS agreed to sponsor a meeting of a second ad hoc group including representatives of key organizations and personnel involved in indexing plant names at Kew on 22-23 April 1988. 4. The outline programme and objectives for the ad hoc meeting were discussed in connection with the Editorial Committee meeting of the IAPT held in Berlin on 2-9 January 1988 by W. G. Chaloner, W. Greuter, D. L. Hawksworth, J. McNeill, D. H. Nicolson, and P. C. Silva. Objectives 1. Determination of the most feasible options for the development of an improved system to achieve greater stability in the naming of all groups covered by the International Code of Botanical Nomen- clature (i.e., algae, pteridophytes, flowering plants, fungi, bryophytes, and plant fossils). 2. Clarification of the magnitude of the task at different ranks, and in different groups. 3. Preparation of outline proposals for how the production of lists of names in current use at (a) the generic and (b) the species level might be accomplished. 4. Development of an Action Plan for the period 1988-1993. 5. Preparation of a statement on the need for and advantages of the system it is decided to rec- ommend for (a) consideration by the IUBS General Assembly in October 1988 and (b) a separate general statement for inclusion in as many widely distributed biological journals as possible. 6. Consideration of the implications of the group's work for that of the Special Committee on Registration. Participants F. A. Bisby (International Legume Database and Information Service), Department of Biology, Build- ing 44, University of Southampton, Southampton SO9 5NH, U.K. R.K. Brummitt (Index Kewensis), Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey TW9 3AE, U.K. W. G. Chaloner (Chairman, IAPT Special Committee for Fossil Plants), Department of Botany, Royal Holloway & New Bedford College, Callow Hill, Huntersdale, Virginia Water, Surrey TW20 OEX, U.K. M. Crosby (Index Muscorum), Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, Missouri 63166- 0299, U.S.A. M. N. Dadd (Zoological Record; Taxonomic Reference File), BIOSIS UK, Garforth House, 54 Mick- legate, York, N Yorks. YO1 1 LF, U.K. K. Faegri (Chairman, IAPT Special Committee on Registration), Botanisk Institut, Universitetet i Bergen, Allegt. 41, N-5007 Bergen, Norway. D. Farr (U.S. National Fungus Collection Database), Systematic Botany, Mycology & Nematology Laboratory, Biosystematics & Beneficial Insects Institute, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, U.S.A. E. R. Farr (Index Nominum Genericorum), Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, U.S.A. J. M. Gilmore (Director, Systems Division), CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon OX 10 8DE, U.K. W. Greuter (Secretary, International Association for Plant Taxonomy), Botanischer Garten und Bo- tanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, K6nigin-Luise-Strasse 6-8, D-1000 Berlin 33, Federal Republic of Germany. D. L. Hawksworth (Chairman, International Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi), CAB Inter- national Mycological Institute, Ferry Lane, Kew, Surrey TW9 3AF, U.K. V. H. Heywood (Chief Scientist (Plant Conservation), International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources), IUCN Plant Conservation Office, 53 The Green, Kew, Surrey TW9 3AA, U.K. L. R. Hill (Curator, National Collection of Type Cultures), Public Health Laboratory, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT, U.K. 144 TAXON VOLUME38 R. Hnatiuk (Australian Bureau of Fauna and Flora), Bureau of Flora and Fauna, G.P.O. Box 1383, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia. P. M. Kirk (Index ofFungi), CAB International Mycological Institute, Ferry Lane, Kew, Surrey TW9 3AF, U.K. C. Leon, IUCN Plant Conservation Office, 53 The Green, Kew, Surrey TW9 3AA, U.K. A. Leslie (Commission for the Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants), Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley, Woking, Surrey GU23 6QB, U.K. J. McNeill (Secretary, Editorial Committee, International Code of Botanical Nomenclature), Royal Botanic Garden, Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, U.K. W. D. L. Ride (Chairman, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature), The Australian National University, P.O. Box 4, Canberra ACT 2600, Australia. P. C. Silva (Index Nominum Algarum), Department of Botany, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, U.S.A. P. Tubbs (Executive Secretary, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature), British Mu- seum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, U.K. J. G. West, Australian National Herbarium, CSIRO, P.O. Box 1600, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia. G. Zijlstra (Index Nominum Genericorum), Institute of Systematic Botany, Division of Plant Ecology & Vegetation Science, Heidelberglaan 2, P.O. Box 80.102, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands. OverallStrategy 1. Keeping in mind the goal of increased nomenclatural stability and the needs of users of names, the meeting unanimously agreed that lists of names in current use shall be prepared. 2. The lists shall contain all names required under differing classifications in current use.