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Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 19:05:58 -0400
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Subject: Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: Fwd: PROPOSED ARTICLE X - autonyms
>Michael Keesey wrote: > >"the total clade of _Angiospermae_ (assuming it is made a crown clad= e) has >never been given a name, to my knowledge, so there is no need to set= up a >clade synonymous with the autonym." Louis Chinnery asked: >There are competing names, e.g. the typified Magnoliophyta. Could th= e >existing typified names be used for one class of clade providing tha= t the >name is not currently being applied to a polyphyletic group? Magnoliophyta could be defined as applying to the panstem, but this= =20 would likely confuse people because Magnoliophyta and Angiospermae= =20 are widely understood by botanists to be alternative names for the= =20 same clade. The same applies to other pairs of typified versus=20 untypified names (e.g., Equisetophyta and Sphenophyta, Pinophyta and= =20 Coniferophyta, Lamiaceae and Labiatae). 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