Thanks Pankaj ji Earlier I had read only the first page online.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 3:13 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > Please find the main reference of Stearn on lectotypification of Homo > sapiens L. > Hope you all will like reading this. > Regards > Pankaj > > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Please find the article as suggested By Dr. Gurcharan Singh sir. > > Regards > > Pankaj > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Oh no, it was a minor correction. I make more mistakes in mathematics > than > >> you. > >> > >> -- > >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh > >> Retired Associate Professor > >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > >> > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> Accept my apologies for the mistake!! > >>> As usual, I am poor in mathematics and it has been proved again and > again > >>> :(( > >>> Pankaj > >>> > >>> > >>> On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>> > Interesting set of information Pankaj ji > >>> > > >>> > Just a minor correction, it was nearly 200 years later (and not 300) > >>> > that > >>> > lectype was designated in a casual remark by made by W. T. Stearn in > >>> > 1959 in > >>> > a commemerative article on the occasion of the 200th Anniversary of > >>> > 10th > >>> > edition of Systema Naturae. He wrote: > >>> > > >>> > "Since for nomenclatorial purposes the specimen most carefully > studied > >>> > and > >>> > recorded by the author is to be accepted as the type, clearly > Linnaeus > >>> > himself, who was much addicted to autobiography, must stand as the > type > >>> > of > >>> > his Homo sapiens!" > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > It must be mentioned that several years later Psihoyos in 1994 > >>> > designated E. > >>> > D. Cope, a nineteenth-century naturalist as lectotype of Homo > sapiens, > >>> > and > >>> > this being a popular article, became more popular on the internet. > But > >>> > this > >>> > designation can't be maintained on two counts: > >>> > > >>> > 1. Cope was not eligible for selection as a lectotype because he > wasn't > >>> > among the specimens/people included by Linnaeus when he made his > >>> > description > >>> > (Article 74.1) - Homo sapiens was described in 1758 but Cope wasn’t > born > >>> > until 1840, almost 100 years later, so he definitely wasn’t included > by > >>> > Linnaeus. > >>> > > >>> > 2. Stearn’s valid designation in 1959 already existed before > Psihoyos’ > >>> > designation in 1994 and no designations after Stearn’s can be valid > >>> > (Article > >>> > 74.1.1). > >>> > > >>> > More can be found in the following useful > >>> > > >>> > http://www.jstor.org/pss/4065043 > >>> > -- > >>> > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > >>> > Retired Associate Professor > >>> > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > >>> > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > >>> > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > >>> > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Mahadeswara <[email protected]> > >>> > wrote: > >>> >> > >>> >> Very informative and important information, even for qualified > >>> >> taxonomists. > >>> >> > >>> >> On Jan 17, 4:03 am, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> >> > Hope you will like reading this!! > >>> >> > > >>> >> > All taxonomists and botanists must have heard of the term TYPE and > >>> >> > TYPIFICATION. > >>> >> > > >>> >> > When you describe a plant or animal for the first time, you have > to > >>> >> > refer to a specimen, which according to ICBN [Vienna Code (Article > >>> >> > 37.4)] for plants, should be a specimen in any form preserved at > any > >>> >> > herbaria in the world. And you have to mention this information > along > >>> >> > with the name of the herbaria and the voucher number in the > >>> >> > manuscript > >>> >> > you have published using the word "type" or "holotype" or "holo" > etc. > >>> >> > > >>> >> > But during early times, there was no such provision and people > used > >>> >> > to > >>> >> > describe new species without citing any specimens. Hence in ICBN > >>> >> > there > >>> >> > is an option of LECTOTYPIFICATION. In this you designate a type or > >>> >> > nomenclatural type for the particular taxa. This procedure is > called > >>> >> > Lectotypification and the specimen is called Lectotype and then > there > >>> >> > are rules for designating the lectotype. > >>> >> > > >>> >> > From 1735 onwards, Carl von Linné, Latinized as Carolus Linnæus, > >>> >> > published his famous work, Systema Naturae in many editions. For > >>> >> > those > >>> >> > who are unaware, this book contains classification of animals too. > By > >>> >> > 10th edition in 1758 he had divided Animal Kingdom into 6 groups > and > >>> >> > he has described human beings in binomials as Homo sapiens but as > for > >>> >> > most of his plants, he never designated a type for Homo sapiens. > >>> >> > > >>> >> > So a lecotype for Homo sapiens was designated 300 years later in > >>> >> > 1959. > >>> >> > > >>> >> > Big question is, what was the lectotype for Homo sapiens L.?? > >>> >> > > >>> >> > Answers is "Carl von Linné" > >>> >> > > >>> >> > Regards > >>> >> > Pankaj > >>> >> > > >>> >> > -- > >>> >> > *********************************************** > >>> >> > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > >>> >> > > >>> >> > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > >>> >> > Research Associate > >>> >> > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > >>> >> > Department of Habitat Ecology > >>> >> > Wildlife Institute of India > >>> >> > Post Box # 18 > >>> >> > Dehradun - 248001, India > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> *********************************************** > >>> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > >>> > >>> > >>> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > >>> Research Associate > >>> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > >>> Department of Habitat Ecology > >>> Wildlife Institute of India > >>> Post Box # 18 > >>> Dehradun - 248001, India > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > *********************************************** > > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > > Research Associate > > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > > Department of Habitat Ecology > > Wildlife Institute of India > > Post Box # 18 > > Dehradun - 248001, India > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India >
