The authors substantiate publication of the draft version of the Code of Phytocoenological Nomenclature of Ukraine. It is pointed out that at present many Ukrainian botanists use ecology-phytocoenotic (dominant) approach in vegetation studies. However, there is no consistency in the usage of syntaxonomic names, which results in numerous errors in spelling and interpretation of the names of syntaxa. The authors emphasize that in order to avoid confusion and to provide simple and correct application of syntaxonomic names, the nomenclatural stability is crucial. Such stability could be achieved only under uniform application of conventional nomenclatural rules formulated in the Code. The article provides a brief history of the issue. A draft of the Code of Phytocoenological Nomenclature of Ukraine is proposed by the authors using as a pattern the All-Russian Code of Phytocoenological Nomenclature (Neshataev, 2001), taking into account traditions of the national classification of vegetation and syntaxonomic nomenclature of the Ukrainian geobotanical school. In the Code there have been formulated the nomenclatural rules of a unified classification system of Ukraine’s vegetation on dominant bases. The principles applied in other codes of biological nomenclature are taken as a basis of the draft. The Code structure consists of the Preamble with general provisions, and four parts. The first part, Definitions, presents term definitions occurring in the text. In the second part, Principles, there are eight principles, which form the basis of phytocoenotic nomenclature. The third part, Rules and Recommendations, is the central one and consists of 13 chapters and 36 articles. Here the conditions of valid name publication, typification and priority, name formation and syntaxa orthography, rejection of names and error correction in names and their change, citation of authors’ names, competence of the Nomenclature Commission are justified. The fourth part, Provisions on Changes of the Code, provides statements on the modifications to the Code.

Keywords: Code, phytocoenological nomenclature, syntaxa, principles, dominant classification

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