Why do we name organisms? Some reminders from the past

Taxon

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 11-26

  Stevens, Peter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bentham; Convention; Flagged hierarchy; Informal hierarchy; Linnaeus; Nomenclature; Phylogeny; Rank hierarchy

Indexed keywords

NOMENCLATURE; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; LINNAEA;

EID: 0036257866     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1554959     Document Type: Conference Paper

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