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Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 16:21:55 -0400
From: Philip Cantino <cantino@ohiou.edu>
To: PhyloCode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu
Subject: Fwd: New critics
I would like to comment on David Marjanovic's recent message regarding Benton's critique of phylogenetic nomenclature. Some of us have been aware of Benton's critique for several months, since he was good enough to circulate the manuscript. Many of Benton's criticisms are indeed unfair or based on misconceptions. Harold Bryant and I are preparing a response which we hope to publish in the same journal as the critique. The PhyloCode includes several recommendations that are in the spirit of those suggested by David Marjanovic. See, for example, Recommendations 9A-9D and 11B-11E. The naming system represented by Sapiens Homo Hominini Homininae Hominidae..., which was proposed by Brent Mishler, is not under consideration for adoption in the PhyloCode. It is therefore very misleading for Benton to have focused on this system. The various naming methods for species that have been considered for the PhyloCode are summarized in Systematic Biology 48: 790-807 (1999). Phil Philip D. Cantino Professor and Chair Department of Environmental and Plant Biology Ohio University Athens, OH 45701-2979 U.S.A. Phone: (740) 593-1128; 593-1126 Fax: (740) 593-1130 e-mail: cantino@ohio.edu