Nomenclatural terms

A "designation" has a specific meaning in the Code: it refers to what appears to be a name but either (1) has not been validly published and hence is not a name in the sense of the Code, or (2) is not to be regarded as a name. The term "potential name" has been proposed for cases where the status of a name as validly published or not has yet to be determined, such as when waiting for a committee decision on whether a descriptive statement qualifies as a validating description.

A key distinction is that publication

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