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Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 22:25:04 +0200
From: David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
To: PML <phylocode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu>
Subject: Re: species under PhyloCode
> How will a species under PhyloCode be defined. I have already answered to this, haven't I? The PhyloCode itself doesn't even mention species -- it is the body of rules for the regulation of clade names and only clade names. A body of rules for the naming of species that is compatible with the PhyloCode is currently in preparation, and I have no idea if it will prefer any particular species concept(s); however, phylogenetic nomenclature does not require species -- the PhyloCode can stand alone. > If humans and Chimpanzees for instance could produce offspring would they > be labeled as one species under PhyloCode? Under the most limited > definition of a species it is a group of similar looking organisms that > usually mate or form a single culture if their is asexual reproduction for > this group. There are currently at least 25 different species concepts. What you write above is just a vague mixture of 3 of them.