A review of criticisms of phylogenetic nomenclature: Is taxonomic freedom the fundamental issue?

Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-55

  Bryant, Harold N ^a   Gantino, Philip D ^b  

^a ROYAL SASKATCHEWAN MUSEUM   (Canada)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clade; Linnaean hierarchy; Nomenclature; PhyloCode; Phylogenetic nomenclature; Taxon names; Taxonomic freedom; Taxonomic ranks; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

LAW; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY;

LINNAEA;

EID: 0036187313     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1464793101005802     Document Type: Review

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