Faculty of Design and Creative Technology, Auckland University of Technology, St Paul Street, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand.
School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, 20 Symonds Street, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand.
Commun Biol. 2020 Oct 23;3(1):609. doi: 10.1038/s42003-020-01344-y.
Some pillars of scientific practice appear immutable. We propose that one of these needs more thorough consideration and modification: this being the long-standing emphasis in nomenclature for first published names over pre-existing indigenous names, in accepting species epithets. We suggest that biologists re-evaluate this practice, in the context of a current more general re-evaluation of indigenous knowledge. We propose that it is now time to critically examine taxonomic protocols in favour of both assigning and reinstating indigenous names whenever possible.
一些科学实践的支柱似乎是不可改变的。我们建议对其中之一进行更彻底的考虑和修改:这就是长期以来在命名法中强调优先使用首次发表的名称而不是现有的本土名称来接受物种名称。我们建议生物学家在当前对本土知识进行更全面重新评估的背景下,重新评估这一做法。我们建议现在是时候批判性地审查分类学协议了,只要有可能,就要优先分配和恢复本土名称。