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Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 13:37:46 -0700
From: Richard Olmstead <olmstead@u.washington.edu>
To: phylocode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu
Subject: short paper in American Scientist
There is a short piece on the PhyloCode in the most recent American Scientist (July-August,unfortunately not yet on line). It treats it even-handedly (if somewhat zoo-centered as in all family names end in -ae (sic), despite the boxed diagram that uses plant family suffixes, -aceae) and quotes Kevin among others in opposition or who are taking a wait and see attitude. In general it is a good piece. It certainly makes the case (missed by Peter Raven in his recent address to the International Botanical Congress) that PhyloCode captures hierarchy in a way that explicitly relates to evolutionary relationships, whereas the traditional codes do not necessarily do so. I'll try to check later for the online version and forward it when I see it (unless someone sees it first and forwards it). Cheers, Dick -- Richard Olmstead Professor of Biology and Herbarium Curator Department of Biology For express mail services: Box 355325 Department of Biology University of Washington Hitchcock Hall Rm 423 Seattle, WA 98195-5325 University of Washington USA Seattle, WA 98195 Office: 206-543-8850 lab: 206-543-6594 herbarium: 206-543-1682 FAX: 206-685-1728 email: olmstead@u.washington.edu http://protist.biology.washington.edu/bio2/people/bio.html?parecID=273