Ave Atque Vale: Botany bids 'hail and farewell' to Latin-only descriptions in 2012
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 18:00
in Biology & Nature
In a major effort to speed up the process of officially recognizing new plant species, botanists will no longer be required to provide Latin descriptions of new species, and publication in online academic journals and books will be considered as valid as print publication.