Registration of scientific names of plants, fungi, bacteria, cultivatedplants, and animals: Approaches and experiences across disciplines

摘要

On 29 November 2007, the Linnean Society of London hosted its third systematicsdebate on the topic 'Should the registration of new names of organisms becompulsory?'. Immediately prior to the debate itself, five presentations were made onthe approaches to, and experiences in, the registration of scientific names in differentgroups of organisms whose nomenclature is governed by four separate inter-nationally mandated Codes of nomenclature. Summaries of these presentations areprovided here, along with a synopsis of the debate itself.