IN DEFENSE OF LATIN FOR DESCRIBING NEW TAXA

Authors
FILGUEIRAS TS
Citation
Ts. Filgueiras, IN DEFENSE OF LATIN FOR DESCRIBING NEW TAXA, Taxon, 46(4), 1997, pp. 747-749
Citations number
12
Journal title
Taxon → ACNP
ISSN journal
00400262
Volume
46
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
747 - 749
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-0262(1997)46:4<747:IDOLFD>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Latin should remain mandatory for describing new taxa. The optional us e of English under the proposed BioCode is unacceptable. Whereas the E nglish language is the expression of certain living cultures, a certai n political and economic system, Latin belongs to no single nation and yet it belongs to all. Latin is a patrimony of humanity.