Dealing with inappropriate honorifics in a structured and defensible way is possible
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2022
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Smith, G.F.
Figueiredo, E.
Hammer, T.A.
Thiele, K.R.
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Taxon: international journal of plant taxonomy, phylogeny and evolution, 2022; 71(5):933-935
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Gideon F. Smith, Estrela Figueiredo, Timothy A. Hammer, Kevin R. Thiele
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In a recent article electronically published in Taxon as a “Point of View” in 2021 (and subsequently in hardcopy as a “Perspective” in 2022), Gideon F. Smith and Estrela Figueiredo commented on the undesirability of the continued commemoration of people of severely questionable ethics, including the imperialist Cecil John Rhodes (1853–1902), in botanical nomenclature. Independently addressing a similar topic at around the same time, Timothy A. Hammer and Kevin R. Thiele published proposals to amend Articles 51 and 56 and Division III of the Code, to allow the considered rejection of culturally offensive and inappropriate names. Subsequently, widely circulated responses to Smith & Figueiredo (2022) and Hammer & Thiele (2021) severely misrepresented our positions and views. We here respond to allegations that what we proposed will damage plant nomenclature, and clarify and further substantiate our views.
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© 2022 International Association for Plant Taxonomy.