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Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 13:14:47 +0100
From: Mike Taylor <mike@indexdata.com>
To: cej@gli.cas.cz
Cc: phylocode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu
Subject: Re: species
> Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 13:28:34 +0200 > From: cej@gli.cas.cz > > I would vote for a soon draft/adoption of PhyloCode > for species names. Species as completely different entities > than clades. Uninomials preferred. ID#'s insisted on. > > Would like 2 know your opinion, My uninformed opionion: the Phylocode is a code for phylogenetic nomenclature, that is the naming of clades, and it has nothing to say about species. They are an almost completely unrelated concept bearing only a superficial and coincidental resemblance to clades; the PhyloCode should be silent on them (as the current draft is). _/|_ _______________________________________________________________ /o ) \/ Mike Taylor <mike@indexdata.com> http://www.miketaylor.org.uk )_v__/\ "No kings, no presidents, just a rough consensus and running code" -- The IETF Manifesto. -- Listen to free demos of soundtrack music for film, TV and radio http://www.pipedreaming.org.uk/soundtrack/