TY - BOOK AU - Luckow,M. AU - Hughes,C. AU - Schrire,B. AU - Winter,P. AU - Fagg,C. TI - Acacia: The Case against Moving the Type to Australia KW - ACACIA KW - CONSERVATION KW - NOMENCLATURE KW - RETYPIFICATION KW - LEGUMIN N2 - Recent studies have shown that Acacia is polyphyletic and must be split into five genera. Proposal 1584 would retypify Acacia: the type of the Australian taxon A. penninervis would be conserved over the current lectoty pe (A. scorpioides)of an African taxon. We disagree with the recommendation of the Spermatophyte Committee to endorse this proposal. Contrary to Article 14.12 of the ICBN, no detailed case against conser vation was presented in Proposal 1584. We maintain that there are strong arguments against conservation, such as the large number of countries that would be affected, the economic importance of the extra-Australian spe cies, and the economic burden placed on developing countries. Acceptance of this proposal would also viola te the guidelines for conservation which clearly state that the principle of priority should prevail when conser vation for one part of the world would create disadvantageous change in another part of the world UR - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VVjd0mknu-68VVizBtikYWiI3Gpr5gjA/view?usp=drivesdk ER -