Tapas Chakrabarty

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Whether a published botanical name stands valid if type is not deposited?

A new species was described one year ago. Unfortunately the author's have not deposited the holo- and isotypes to the herbaria as stated in the protologue. Whether this name is standing valid? If...

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Whether "typification novelty" is mandatory for publishing a botanical paper on nomenclature?

Recently I submitted a short note on botanical nomenclature to an esteemed Indian journal. Unfortunately the paper was rejected mainly because the reviewer found that the paper lacks any...

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Whether photographic piracy should be regarded as plagiarism?

Of late, I came across some publications in which the authors used pirated photographs (obtained from secondary sources) very cleverly without any acknowledgement, as if these were shot by the...

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Which species of Lasianthus (Rubiaceae) is this?

Please suggest the scientific name of this Lasianthus species seen in edges of evergreen forests of Nagaland at about 600 m altitude.

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Whether any Linnaean name has a holotype?

Recently I submitted a manuscript to a reputed journal relating to lectotypification of a Linnaean name. A reviewer corrected the manuscript by inserting the following sentence: "The plant...

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Age of "Lectotype hunters"?

Decades ago we were hearing of the term "combination hunters" who were fanatically searching for new combinations. With the advent of digital imaging, it is now easy to locate and pinpoint a type...

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