PhyloCode: Appendix A. Registration Procedures and Data Requirements

This appendix may be revised more frequently than the main body of the code and without a formal meeting of the CPN. The most recent information will be made available through the ISPN website.

Registration procedures
Clade names and definitions governed by this code must be registered in RegNum, the repository of clade names that is maintained under the auspices of the International Society for Phylogenetic Nomenclature. After a name and definition are submitted to RegNum through its web interface, the submission will be checked for missing data. A temporary registration number will be issued at this time if the work in which the name will appear has not yet been accepted. Once the work has been accepted for publication, the author must notify RegNum and provide a full reference to the publication in order for the registration number to become permanent. Alternatively, an author may wait until after acceptance for publication before submitting the name, in which case the registration number will be issued immediately.
If the spelling or definition of a submitted name is identical to one that already exists in the registration database, the author will be warned.
Data fields
(mandatory data indicated with an asterisk)
1. Data common to all clade names:
  1. Contact information (for each author): name*, mailing address, phone number, fax number, email address*, home page URL.
  2. Name to be registered*
  3. Type of name* (new clade name, converted clade name)
  4. Date of registration
  5. Bibliographic reference to publication
  6. Date of publication
  7. Definition type* (minimum-clade, maximum-clade, apomorphy-based, etc.)
  8. Phylogenetic definition*
  9. List of specifiers*
    1. For a species cited as a specifier: name*, author*, year of publication*, code which governs the name*, URL of taxonomic database holding information
    2. For an apomorphy cited as a specifier: description*
    3. For a type specimen cited as a specifier: species name typified*, author of species name typified*, year of publication of species name typified*, code governing typified name*
    4. For a specimen (other than a type) cited as a specifier: repository institution*, collection data needed to locate the specimen*, description or image or bibliographic reference to published image*
  10. Qualifying clause (required if part of definition)
  11. Status of definition as emended (if appropriate)
  12. Reference phylogeny (bibliographic reference, URL, or accession number in public repository)*
  13. Status of name as conserved or suppressed (if appropriate)
  14. Author’s comments
  15. Administrator’s annotations
2. Data particular to converted clade names:
  1. Preexisting name*
  2. Author of preexisting name*
  3. Direct bibliographic reference to original publication of preexisting name (including year)*
  4. Code governing the preexisting name*
  5. URL of taxonomic database holding information about the name
3. Data particular to new clade names:
  1. For a replacement name: replaced name*

Registration procedures

Data fields