[tdwg-content] canonical name for named hybrid &infragenericnames [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Paul van Rijckevorsel dipteryx at freeler.nl
Mon Dec 13 09:57:41 CET 2010


From: "Paul Murray" <pmurray at bigpond.com>
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 1:20 AM

> A somewhat cheeky alternative would be to separate them with
> a unicode zero-width space. In principle, anything scanning
> the text of the page should understand that the character is
> whitespace and begins a new word.

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If this works (that is, anything scanning the text of the page does
understand that the character is whitespace) then this is perfectly
in keeping with the ICBN. The multiplication sign is not part of
the name.

 "H.3A.1.  The multiplication sign ×, indicating the hybrid nature
  of a taxon, should be placed so as to express that it belongs
  with the name or epithet but is not actually part of it. [...]
  should depend on what best serves readability."

Paul



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