Author of A nomen Nudum
A new name mentioned without description or indication or figure is a nomen nudum. A nomen nudum has no authorship and date, it is not an available name. If it is desired or necessary to cite the author of such an unavailable name, the nomenclatural status of the name should be made evident.
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