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I find that a Scientist in 2016 designated a lectotype of a name on the basis of literature, without actually examining the specimen (or its image) housed in a particular herbarium. I would like...
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I am at present finalizing my manuscript on the Ethnobotany of a paricular area in India based on my own research. Please suggest me a good publisher in this regard who can publish my book.
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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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I submitted a manuscript on the lectotypification and epitypification of a name for publication in a journal. I designated an epitype for the name in accordance with Article 9.9. of the ICN...
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An author in 1995 indicated the “type” of a name as Hermann s. n. (BM). This designation of the type is correctable to “Lectotype” as per the Article 9.10 of the Code (Turland & al., 2018)....
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While designating a lectotype for a name I find that a single gathering containing two twigs are mounted on a board have two different barcode numbers in a herbarium. I would like to know whether...
10 October 2018 9,496 1 View
We can frequently notice the feature "Full text available" in RG. However, if you opt for downloading the said full text, you will be highly disappointed to find only the cover page of a...
09 September 2018 2,282 1 View
We are frequently designating Lectotypes for names of flowering plants on the basis of digital images of herbarium specimens examined by us deposited in recognized herbaria. Now I came across a...
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Is it not unethical to pass derogatory remarks about a country and its researchers? The same has been done by Jeffrey Beall, University of Colorado Denver, Colorado ([email protected])...
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I am an independent researcher without any funding. Sometimes it becomes very difficult for me to get access to vital references and literature due to locked access by most publishers and this is...
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With the advent of molecular phylogenetics the name changes and Plant merger in a given year are almost equalling or even surpassing Plant Discoveries. We are getting comprehensive update of...
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