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Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 21:05:00 +0200
From: David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
To: PML <phylocode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu>
Subject: Re: phlyogenetic systematics/the PhyloCode -- new philosophical overview
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_BykIloouOYyKofsp4fImqQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: StephanPickering@cs.com=20 Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 3:25 PM Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research=20 Volume 41(3):162-174 -- August 2003=20 doi:10.1046/j.1439-0469.2003.00236.x=20 Ceci n'est pas une pipe: names, clades and phylogenetic nomenclature Ingenious headline! :-) Fredrik Pleijel and G. W. Rouse=20 ABSTRACT=20 [...] Among these, it is useful to tag the smallest named clades, = which all represent non-overlapping groups. Such taxa - LITUs Since the libraries are closed in August, I'd like to ask what will = happen if someone tries to name a LITU within a LITU. For example, will = the former cease to be a LITU (and get a capital letter)? Or are LITUs = by definition as small as possible, so such an attempt will = automatically result in the latter being the sistergroup of the former?= --Boundary_(ID_BykIloouOYyKofsp4fImqQ) Content-type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3DStephanPickering@cs.com=20 href=3D"mailto:StephanPickering@cs.com">StephanPickering@cs.com</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 12, 2003 = 3:25=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT lang=3D0 face=3DArial size=3D2 = FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF">Journal of Zoological Systematics & = Evolutionary=20 Research <BR>Volume 41(3):162-174 -- August 2003=20 <BR>doi:10.1046/j.1439-0469.2003.00236.x <BR><BR>Ceci n'est pas une = pipe:=20 names, clades and phylogenetic nomenclature</FONT></FONT><FONT=20 face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT lang=3D0 face=3DArial size=3D2=20 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>Ingenious headline! :-)</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV>Fredrik Pleijel and G. W. Rouse = <BR><B>ABSTRACT</B> <BR>[...]=20 Among these, it is useful to tag the smallest named clades, which all=20 represent non-overlapping groups. Such taxa - = LITUs</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>Since the libraries are closed in August, I'd like to ask what will = happen=20 if someone tries to name a LITU within a LITU. For example, will the = former=20 cease to be a LITU (and get a capital letter)? Or are LITUs by = definition as=20 small as possible, so such an attempt will automatically result in the = latter=20 being the sistergroup of the former?</FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_BykIloouOYyKofsp4fImqQ)--