(057‐058) Proposals on ‐opsis and ‐botrys

Abstract

(057) Standardize -opsidis as the genitive of -opsis by adding at the end of Art. 18.1 the words: except that the genitive of names ending in -opsis is, in accord with botanical tradition, always -opsidis and, in Art. 60.12, add to statement in parentheses, see Art. 18.1, last clause. There has been some confusion over whether to correct names formed using the genitive -opsidis to the classically correct -opsis. The preponderance of names have been based on the former rather than the latter. The addition of the above wording to Art. 18.1 covers the formation of family names from generic names ending in -opsis. The addition to Art. 60.12 links the article concerning the formation of epithets of fungal names derived from generic names of associated organisms with the new wording of Art. 18.1.