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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 09:42:49 -0400
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Subject: Fwd: Re: REPOST: Crowns, Panstems, and their Correspondence to each other
Jaime Headden wrote: > > Why not use diacritics? Using other characters to form names, whe= n >hyphens refer to a combination of two words, would seem less problem= atic. > > =2E..and later in the same message: >The >type of clade can be referred to by the nature of the definition, or= by a >label preceding the name, and used at the first instance of the name= in a >paper, thereby giving a reference for subsequent useage. > > For me, a selling point for a standard prefix such as Pan- , as=20 opposed to relying on a symbol or the definition itself to indicate= =20 the kind of clade, is that the information about clade type can be= =20 conveyed in oral as well as written communication. It would help= =20 students (and everyone else) learn taxonomy if they could tell from= =20 the name itself that a particular name refers to the total group of a= =20 specific crown. For example, the meaning of PanMammalia and=20 PanAngiospermae would be transparent. No one is going to say "pound= =20 sign" (for example) before a clade name, so symbols will only be=20 useful in written communication. Phil --=20 Philip D. Cantino Professor and Associate 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