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Protecting stable biological nomenclatural systems enables universal communication: A collective international appeal

  • Pedro Jiménez-Mejías
  • , Saúl Manzano
  • , Vinita Gowda
  • , Frank Thorsten Krell
  • , Mei Ying Lin
  • , Santiago Martín-Bravo
  • , Laura Martín-Torrijos
  • , Gonzalo Nieto Feliner
  • , Sergei L. Mosyakin
  • , Robert F.C. Naczi
  • , Carmen Acedo
  • , Inés Álvarez
  • , Jorge V. Crisci
  • , Modesto Luceño Garcés
  • , John Manning
  • , Juan Carlos Moreno Saiz
  • , A. Muthama Muasya
  • , Ricarda Riina
  • , Andrea Sánchez Meseguer
  • , Daniel Sánchez-Mata
  • Magdi S.A. El-Hawagry, Mohammad Amini Rad, Patrick Blandin, Michael Schmitt, Ryota Hayashi, Sangtae Kim, Anna Ronikier, Michał Ronikier, Sergio Chozas, Andreia Anjos, Guilherme Siniciato Terra Garbino, Mikhail Rogov, Manuel B. Morales, Carlos Luis Leopardi Verde, Emre Çilden, Donald Shuka, Ermelinda Gjeta, Lulëzim Shuka, Marjol Meco, Spase Shumka, Abdelkader Nabil Benghanem, Djilali Tahri, Laouer Hocine, Rachid Meddour, Saidi Boubar, Salima Benhouhou, Clara Pladevall, Francisco Maiato Pedro Gonçalves, Abel Pérez-González, Ana Valeria Carranza, Anibal Oscar Prina, Darién E. Prado, Diego G. Gutiérrez, Elián L. Guerrero, Esteban O. Lavilla, Eugenia Minghetti, Federico Agnolín, Graciela Lorna Alfosno, Juan José Cantero, Julian Faivovich, Liliana Katinas, Magdalena Laurito, Marcelo Arana, Maria Cecilia Melo, Maria Jimena Ponce, Mariela Fabbroni, Pablo Edmundo Ortiz, Pablo Horacio Demaio, Pablo M. Dellapé, Pablo Teta, Roberto Kiesling, Alla Aleksanyan, George Fayvush, Brian Jones, Daniel J. Bickel, Eckart Håkansson, Elena Kupriyanova, Glenn Shea, Jürgen Kellermann, Karen L. Wilson, Ladislav Mucina, Nicholas Morris, Peter Cranston, Peter Crossing, Peter G. Allsopp, Peter Weston, Raymond Hoser, Rohan Pethiyagoda, Scott Eipper, Trevor Henry Worthy, Vratislav Ricardo Bejsak-Colloredo-Mansfeld, Božo Frajman, Clemens Pachschwöll, Gerald M. Schneeweiss, Gerhard Pils, Hermann Voglmayr, Irmgard Krisai-Greilhuber, Konstantina Agiadi, Michael H.J. Barfuss, Peter Schönswetter, Wolfgang Willner, Alexander Lukashuk, Valery N. Tikhomirov, Achik Dorchin, Arnaud Henrard, De Blauwe Hans, Filip Verloove, Guy Smagghe, Jacques Verniers, Jan Bosselaers, Jérôme Degreef, Kenny Meganck, Lars Chatrou, Louis Beyens, Luis M. da Costa, Marc Sosef, Olivier S.G. 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Silva, Katyuscia Araujo-Vieira, Leandro Lacerda Giacomin, Leandro Manzoni Vieira, Leandro Tavares Azevedo Vieira, Leonardo M. Borges, Leonardo M. Versieux, Lucas Cardoso Marinho, Lucas Sá Barreto Jordão, Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz, Marcelo Trovó, Marcelo Weksler, Marcos Gonçalves Lhano, Maria Beatriz Rossi Caruzo, Marinus S. Hoogmoed, Maurício Figueira, Miguel Medrano, Milton Groppo, Omar Rojas Padilla, Otávio Luis Marques da Silva, Patricia Jacqueline Thyssen, Pedro Henrique Cardoso, Rafael A.P. Freitas Silva, Renata Trevizan, Ricardo S. Secco, Rosângela Simão-Bianchini, Scott Thomsom, Tamily Carvalho Melo dos Santos, Ulisses Caramaschi, Vinícius Sudré dos Santos, Weferson Júnio da Graça, Yuri Rossine, Johan Willem Frederik Slik, Ulmar Grafe, Anita Tosheva, Asen Asenov, Dolja Pavlova, Fedor Konstantinov, Georgi Kunev, Nikolay Simov, Alain Didier Missoup, Andrew M.R. Bennett, Brenda Hann, Chad Morgan, Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, Étienne Léveillé-Bourret, Felix Sperling, Fenja Brodo, Geraldine A. Allen, Gregory R. Pohl, James Basinger, Jean François Landry, John E. Maunder, John Huber, John Warren Reynolds, Jonathan Cazabonne, Juan Carlos Villarreal Aguilar, Matthias Buck, Mihai Costea, Olivier Barden, Quentin Cronk, Rafael Otfinowski, Santiago Claramunt, Stephen Darbyshire, Timothy Dickinson, William J. Crins, Alicia Marticorena Garri, Diego Alarcón Abarca, Francisco A. Squeo, Guillermo D'Elía, Jorge Pérez-Schultheiss, José Angel García-Beltrán, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, Sara M. Rodríguez, Sebastian Teillier, Sven N. Nielsen, Amael Borzee, Baojun Zhao, Bismillah Shah, Cai Xia Yuan, Caixin Liu, Chen Yan Liao, Chengyuan Liu, Chuan Bu Gao, Chufei Tang, Chunhao Zhang, Clive Siu Ki Lau, Dakang Zhou, Daniel Roland Gustafsson, Dávid Rédei, Fang Meng Duan, Fenglong Jia, Fuqiang Chen, Guchun Zhou, Gui Qiang Huang, Hao Xu, Hao Ran Gao, Haodong Yan, Hassan Naveed, Hongbin Zhu, Hongliang Shi, Hu Li, Huilin Han, Ji Liang Liu, Jia Huang, Jiabin Liu, Jian qiang Cao, Jian Sun, Jian Wei Guo, Jian Yu Chen, Jianjun Guo, Jiao Sun, Jiaxin Wang, Jing Yu Zhai, Jing Zhi Lin, Jinrui Zhang, Jun Chen, Jun Zhang, Junbo Tong, Kai Kang, Kai Wang, Kai Ming Cai, Keping Ma, Kexin Xu, Kuiyan Zhang, Li Ren, Liang Tang, Lin Luo, Ling Zeng Meng, Meiying Lin, Meng Xie, Mingyu Liu, Muhammad Asghar Hassan, Panshuai Fei, Patrick Rioual, Peng Li, Pipeng Li, Prabin Bhandari, Qingshuo Xu, Qionghua Gao, Qi Rong Guo, Rongrong Shen, Runcheng Huang, Sheng Gao, Shi Yang Feng, Shu Li, Shuang Qiu, Shuang Wang, Shujie Zhang, Shuren Zhang, Siqin Ge, Siyuan Xu, Tao Yang, Tian Hao Hu, Tian Long He, Tiangang Gao, Wenqi Yin, Xiang Qian Sun, Xiao Feng Jin, Xiao Ran Yang, Xiaoqi Zeng, Xin Lei Zhao, Xin Ran Li, Xing Ke Yang, Xing Long Bai, Xingyue Liu, Xinle Duan, Xinyi Zheng, Xiumin Li, Xu Zhang, Xue Jiang, Yahui Zhao, Yanyan Zhao, Yi Chen Fan, Yi Fei Lu, Yi Feng Zhang, Yifeng Liu, Yiming Yu, Yingxin Zhang, Yong Zhou, Yongke Zhang, Yongsheng Yan, You Wen Zhao, Yu Jian Li, Yuting Dai, Zehai Hou, Zhao Pan, Zhaoxiong Wang, Zhengzhong Huang, Zhi Hao Qi, Zhi Tong Lyu, Zhi Zhou He, Zhiliang Jiang, Zhizhong Gao, Zhong Guang Chen, Zhongliang Peng, Zhu Hongbin, Zhu Li, Zhu Qing He, Zhuqiu Song, Zi Wei Yin, Zihao Shen, Zixu Yin, Zulong Liang, Zuqi Mai, Alvaro Idárraga, Anabel Rial, Antonio A. Agudelo, Carlos Alberto Agudelo Henao, David Sanín Robayo, Francisco Javier Serna Cardona, Hector Ramirez Chaves, Jairo Pinto-Zárate, Jorge Ari Noriega, Jorge Enrique Avendaño, Luis Eduardo Uruena Guzman, María del Pilar Sepúlveda, Mirian Reina Espitia, Oswaldo, Sergio Chaparro Herrera, Susana R. Feldman, Gael Bouka, Adam P. Karremans, Bernal Azofeifa Bolanos, Gustavo Rojas-Alvarado, Isler F. Chinchilla, Jeremy Klank, Melissa Mardones, Alexander Fateryga, Aleksandar Vojta, Ana Bielen, Ivana Maguire, Ivana Rešetnik, Jelena Godrijan, Josip Skejo, Marija Ivković, Marina Piria, Martina Pavlek, Niko Kasalo, Sandra Hudina, Sunčica Bosak, Vlatka Micetic Stankovic, Alejandro Palmarola, Celio E. Moya López, Eldis R. Bécquer, Isidro E. Méndez Santos, Rosalina Berazaín Iturralde, Adam Petrusek, Aleš Bezděk, Aleš Lisner, Begoña Quirós-De-la-Peña, Dominik Vondráček, František Krahulec, Igor Malenovský, Iris Sammarco, Ivan Čepička, Jan Bezděk, Jan Kaštovský, Jan Kollár, Jan Leps, Jan Pergl, Jan Prančl, Jan Vondrák, Jan Votypka, Jean Haxaire, Jiří Danihelka, Jiří Hadrava, Jiří Hájek, Jiri Malicek, Jiri Skuhrovec, Jiří Velebil, Julius Lukes, Kateřina Štajerová, Libor Ekrt, Linda Nedbalová, Lukáš Sekerka, Magdalena Lučanová, Marek Eliáš, Marek Polášek, Martin Lepší, Martin Vácha, Michal Straka, Milan Chytrý, Milan Štech, Ondřej Sedláček, Otakar Šída, Patrik Mráz, Pavel Skaloud, Petr Bureš, Petr Dvořák, Petr Kment, Petr Koutecký, Petr Lepší, Petr Pařil, Petr Pyšek, Petr Šmarda, Petr Volf, Radim J. Vasut, Richard Mally, Robin Kundrata, Rodan Geriš, Rudolf Hlaváček, Tomas Fer, Tomáš Hauer, Tomas Urfus, Vit Latzel, Vladimír Hampl, Vyacheslav Yurchenko, Yvonne Nemcova, Zdenek Faltynek Fric, Zdenek Kaplan, Claudia Romeo, Hans Henrik Bruun, Jens Christian Svenning, Kit Tan, Michael Krabbe Borregaard, Nicolas Thibault, Per Molgaard, Amelia L. Mateo Jiménez, Solanlly Carrero Jiménez, Alina Freire-Fierro, Amaru Loaiza-Lange, Diana Noelia Ontaneda Jiménez, Diego Armijos-Ojeda, Diego Gutiérrez del Pozo, Gabriel Picón Nava, Galo Pabón-Garcés, Leonardo Ordóñez-Delgado, Nora Oleas, Paul Székely, Santiago F. Burneo, Víctor Romero, Iman Nour, Mohamed Owis Badry, Aleksander Pototski, Marko Prous, Olavi Kurina, Villu Soon, Conrad P.D.T. 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Solórzano-Kraemer, Paul Lamkowski, Peggy Lommatzsch, Reza Zahiri, Sebastian Gebauer, Sigfrid Ingrisch, Thomas Gregor, Victor Chepinoga, Volker Puthz, Volker von Wirth, Aris Zografidis, Dionysios Mermygkas, Georgios Fotiadis, Panayotis Dimopoulos, Javier Aju-Torres, Osberth Morales-Esquivel, Lilian Ferrufino-Acosta, Arnold Móra, Balázs Tóth, Bálint Pernecker, Barna Páll-Gergely, Csaba Csuzdi, Éva Szita, Jenő Kontschán, Luca Eszter Balog, Pál Boda, Péter Kóbor, Sándor Hornok, Tamás Németh, Tamás Szűts, Viktória Szőke, Zoltán Csabai, Zoltán Fehér, Zoltán Vas, Guðmundur Guðmundsson, Anila P. Ajayan, Aparna Kalawate, Aparna Watve, Asok Ghosh, Chandra Shekhar Prabhakar, Gouri Sankar Pal, Hit Kishore Goswami, K. D. Prathapan, Lovish Garlani, M. S. Palaniswami, Monish Kumar Thapa, Osman Javid, Padamnabhi Shanker Nagar, Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan, S. Salini, Sachin G. Rathod, Sanjay Molur, Sarvesh Kumar Singh, Shyam S. 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Abstract

The fundamental value of universal nomenclatural systems in biology is that they enable unambiguous scientific communication. However, the stability of these systems is threatened by recent discussions asking for a fairer nomenclature, raising the possibility of bulk revision processes for “inappropriate” names. It is evident that such proposals come from very deep feelings, but we show how they can irreparably damage the foundation of biological communication and, in turn, the sciences that depend on it. There are four essential consequences of objective codes of nomenclature: universality, stability, neutrality, and transculturality. These codes provide fair and impartial guides to the principles governing biological nomenclature and allow unambiguous universal communication in biology. Accordingly, no subjective proposals should be allowed to undermine them.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)467-472
Number of pages6
JournalBioScience
Volume74
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1 2024

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