Nomenclatural and taxonomic problems related to the electronic publication of new nomina and nomenclatural acts in zoology, with brief comments on optical discs and on the situation in botany.

Nomenclatural and taxonomic problems related to the electronic publication of new nomina and nomenclatural acts in zoology, with brief comments on optical discs and on the situation in botany.

In zoological nomenclature, to be doubtlessly legitimate, nomenclatural novelties (i.e., new nomina and nomenclatural acts) want first to be made obtainable, that’s, revealed in works qualifying as publications as outlined by the Worldwide Code of zoological Nomenclature (“the Code”). In September 2012, the Code was amended with the intention to permit the popularity of...