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Botanical nomenclature - MB120P66E

Title:	Botanical nomenclature
Czech title:	Botanická nomenklatura
Guaranteed by:	Department of Botany (31-120)
Faculty:	Faculty of Science
Actual:	from 2022
Semester:	summer
E-Credits:	5
Examination process:	summer s.:
Hours per week, examination:	summer s.:2/2, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity:	unlimited
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	taught
Language:	English
Additional information:	http://ibot.sav.sk/usr/Karol/teaching_mat.html
Note:	enabled for web enrollment

Guarantor:	prof. RNDr. Karol Marhold, DrSc.
Teacher(s):	prof. RNDr. Karol Marhold, DrSc.

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Annotation -

Please note, the lectures are given in Czech language. English version of the course can be requested in advance if there are at least 3 students. The course is designed to teach students how to use the international rules of botanical nomenclature. The importance of nomenclature rules. Historic development of nomenclature, botanical congresses, nomenclature committees. International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. Basic principles of the Code (priority, starting point, typification, 'Kew-rule', etc.). Detailed explanation of individual articles of the Code; interpretation, using examples to illustrate the principles. Conserved names, rejected names, and names in common use. Literature references for the requirements of botanical nomenclature.

Last update: Štefánek Michal, Mgr. (04.05.2022)

Literature -

Turland, N. J., Wiersema, J. H., Barrie, F. R., Greuter, W., Hawksworth, D. L., Herendeen, P. S., Knapp, S., Kusber, W.-H., Li, D.-Z., Marhold, K., May, T. W., McNeill, J., Monro, A. M., Prado, J., Price, M. J. & Smith, G. F. (eds.) 2018: International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Shenzhen Code) adopted by the Nineteenth International Botanical Congress Shenzhen, China, July 2017. Regnum Vegetabile 159. Glashütten: Koeltz Botanical Books.

Greuter W. et al., eds. [translated by Marhold, K.], 2000: Medzinárodný kód botanickej nomenklatúry (Saint Louis Code) [International code of botanical nomenclature (Saint Louis Code)]. - Zprávy Čes. Bot. Společn., Příloha 2000/1; Bull. Slov. Bot. Spoločn. Suplement 6.

Last update: Štefánek Michal, Mgr. (04.05.2022)

Requirements to the exam -

written test and oral examination

Last update: Štefánek Michal, Mgr. (04.05.2022)

Syllabus -

1. Importance of the International Code of the Botanical Nomenclature, nomenclatural rules - historical view, international botanical congresses, nomenclature committees.

2. Principles and rules of botanical nomenclature, recommendations. Explanation of individual rules and articles of the Code on examples.

taxa, ranks of taxa

typification, priority

names of taxa in different ranks

effective and valid publication

citations of author's names and literature for the nomenclatural purposes

rejection of names

orthography of names

specific cases (names of fungi with a pleomorphic life cycle etc.)

3. Practical application of individual articles based on selected examples.

Literature:

International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (Saint Louis Code), ed. Koeltz 2000

Last update: Štefánek Michal, Mgr. (04.05.2022)