the TRIMERAL SYSTEM in BIOLOGICAL TAXONOMY - universala ...

At this point it is only right and reasonable to acknowledge that
Dr. W.M.A. DE SMET, a renowned Belgian zoologist, has already
devised a somewhat similar approach, called New Biological
Nomenclature (NBN). This has been published (mainly in
Esperanto) under the imprint of a scientific Association 3 with the
same name and which has already accomplished a significant
reordering of zoological terminology and taxonomy. But, since
the initiator makes almost a clean sweep of established
taxonomy, denying even the concept of genus (i.e. recognizing
only families) and insisting that all generic and higher names be
translated into everyday traditional Esperanto, there seems to be
little point in pursuing this train of thought, however meritorious
the venture.
Some other noteworthy workers in the same field but along
divergent lines, all esperantists, were: Prof. Carl Støp-Bowitz, a
Norwegian biologist; Prof. Paul Neergaard, a Danish botanist,
and B.Sc. G.F. Makkink, a Dutch agricultural researcher.
Uniespo, on the other hand, sets out to liberalise taxonomy by
giving it a versatility which makes the going so easy — for
“splitters” as well as “bumpers” — that biological nomenclature
should cease to be plagued by vehement, time-wasting
discussions at seminars and in periodicals.
Essentially, then, this booklet presents a new (triple) tool and
demonstrates how it should be applied; but nothing more. If
biologists 4 choose to accept it — a big “if “ — then the actual
3 Seat: NBN, Hertendreef 12, B-2920 Kalmthout (Belgium).
4 In fact, it would be better to use the term "biontologists" in the very
broad perspective of this new system, which can be applied by
practitioners in all the life sciences (bacteriologists, horticulturists,
breeders aso.) and even beyond.
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