International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants
The
International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants
is the set of rules and recommendations that govern the
scientific naming of all organisms traditionally treated as algae, fungi, or plants, whether fossil or non-fossil, including blue-green algae (
Cyanobacteria
),
chytrids, oomycetes, slime moulds, and photosynthetic protists with their taxonomically related non-photosynthetic groups (but excluding
Microsporidia
).
Before 2011 it was called the
International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
(ICBN).
This edition of the
Code
embodies the decisions of the Nomenclature Section of the XIX International Botanical Congress (IBC),
which took place in Shenzhen, China in July 2017. This
Shenzhen Code
supersedes the
Melbourne Code
(McNeill & al. in Regnum Veg. 154. 2012),
published after the XVIII IBC in Melbourne, Australia in 2011. The rules of the
Shenzhen Code
became effective immediately upon acceptance
of the resolution at the closing plenary session of the XIX IBC on 29 July 2017, that the decisions and appointments of its Nomenclature Section be approved.
The
Shenzhen Code
in its final form was published on 26 June 2018 (printed version). This electronic version was made available on 27 June 2018.
A
PDF version
was made available to members of the
International Association for Plant Taxonomy
on 27 January 2019.
Several authorized translations of the
Shenzhen Code
have been made available and can be accessed at
https://www.iaptglobal.org/shenzhen-code
. Note that in questions about the meaning of provisions in translated editions of this
Code
, the English edition is definitive. Automatic translations, such as those provided by some web browsers, may be inaccurate and should not be relied upon.
Provisions of the
Code
relating solely to names of fungi are gathered together in its
Chapter F
.
The content of Chapter F may be modified by action of the Fungal Nomenclature Session of an International Mycological Congress (IMC).
Chapter F was revised as a result of decisions approved on 21 July 2018 by the closing plenary session of the 11th IMC, held in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The resulting
San Juan Chapter F
was published in the journal
IMA Fungus
on 27 December 2019 as an open-access article. The
San Juan Chapter F
supersedes Chapter F of the
Shenzhen Code
.