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© 2007 Society of Systematic Biologists
Naming Species in Phylogenetic Nomenclature
Edited by Mark Fishbein: Associate Editor Jack Sulliavan Editor
aw Wolsan
1 Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences Wilcza 64, 00-679, Warszawa, Poland E-mail: wolsan@miiz.waw.pl
Received January 22, 2007; Revised March 9, 2007; Accepted July 5, 2007
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Phylogenetic nomenclature (PN) is a rank-free system of biological nomenclature, designed to name species and clades (de Queiroz and Gauthier, 1990, 1992, 1994; Cantino and de Queiroz, 2006). In this system, the categories species and clade are not taxonomic ranks but different kinds of biological entities. A species is an individuated segment of a metapopulation-level lineage. A clade is a complete system of ancestry and descent, consisting of an ancestor (such as a species, population, or organism) and all its descendants (de Queiroz, 1998, 1999, 2005a, 2005b, 2005c; Cantino and de Queiroz, 2006). Both are historical entities that compose the Tree of Life, viewed as concrete individuals rather than abstract classes in the ontological sense (but see, e.g., Lee and Wolsan [2002] for a notion of the ontological distinction between synchronic individuals and diachronic historical entities). As existing
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Desirable Features of Species Names |
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Uniqueness
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Distinguishability from Clade Names
Consistency of Form among Species Names
Consistency of Form with the Linnaean Binomen
Consistency of Species Names between PN and TN
Ease of Pronunciation, Brevity, and Simplicity of Form
No Need for Conversion
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Methods S versus T
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Appendix 1. Descriptions and Examples of Methods for Naming Species in Phylogenetic Nomenclature (PN) |
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