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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 11:44:19 +0200
From: Fredrik Pleijel <pleijel@cimrs1.mnhn.fr>
To: PhyloCode <PhyloCode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu>
Subject: Gender of species names?
The form of species names when converted from Linnaean to phylogenetic ones is still an open question. However, if the choice would be epithet-based phylogenetic names, then I would suggest keeping the gender as it is in the currently used combination. But then original ones would be fine too. I wouldn=B9t see it as much of an esthetical problem, since the word would stan= d on its own. At least to me, the important issue with such things (i.e. gender) is not so much what decision is taken, but that there is an agreement and decision on how to do it. Others may disagree, of course. Best/Fredrik __________________________________________________________ Fredrik Pleijel Biologie des Invert=E9br=E9s marins, Mus=E9um national d'Histoire naturelle 57, rue Cuvier 75231 Paris cedex 05 tel: 33(0)1 40 79 31 12 fax: 33(0)1 40 79 31 09 http://www.mnhn.fr/mnhn/bimm/pleijel.htm __________________________________________________________