From: Roderic Page <roderic.p...@glasgow.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2016 08:22:49 +0000
> Looks like the issue is with GBIF's handling of data, rather than the data > source itself. Is it? Scientific name of the subgenus is Diconoficus, isn't it? ICZN Article 6.1 says: 6.1. Names of subgenera. The scientific name of a subgenus, when used with a binomen or trinomen, must be interpolated in parentheses between the generic name and the specific name; it is not counted as one of the words in the binomen or trinomen. It must begin with an upper-case letter. It imiles that Ficus (Diconoficus) could be a scientific name only as a part of binomen or trinomen, e.g. Ficus (Diconoficus) gayana. 'Ficus (Diconoficus)' alone cannot be a scientific name of subgenus. Interpretaion of '(Diconoficus)' as authority could be defandable because sugensus name with parentheses shouldn't be there without species epithet. Regards, James
