Literature on Phylogenetic Nomenclature

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Publications dealing with phylogenetic nomenclature. More information about the list

Critiques of Phylogenetic Nomenclature

BARKLEY, T. M., P. DEPRIEST, V. FUNK, R. W. KIGER, W. J. KRESS, and G. MOORE. 2004. Linnaean nomenclature in the 21st Century: a report from a workshop on integrating traditional nomenclature and phylogenetic classification. Taxon 53: 153-158.
BENTON, M. J. 2000. Stems, nodes, crown clades, and rank-free lists: is Linnaeus dead? Biol. Rev. 75: 633-648.
BENTON, M. J. 2007. The Phylocode: Beating a dead horse? Acta Palaeontol. Pol. 52: 651-655.
BERRY, P. E. 2002. Biological inventories and the PhyloCode. Taxon 51: 27-29.
CARPENTER, J. M. 2003. Critique of pure folly. Bot. Rev. 69: 79-92.
DOMINGUEZ, E. and Q. D. WHEELER. 1997. Taxonomic stability is ignorance. Cladistics 13: 367-372.
DUBOIS, A. 2005. Proposed rules for the incorporation of nomina of higher-ranked zoological taxa in the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. 1. Some general questions, concepts and terms of biological nomenclature. Zoosystema, 27, 365-426.
DUBOIS, A. 2007. Naming taxa from cladograms: a cautionary tale. Molec. Phyl. Evol. 42: 317-330.
DYKE, G. J. 2002. Should paleontologists use "phylogenetic" nomenclature? J. Paleontol. 76: 793-796.
FOREY, P. L. 2001. The PhyloCode: description and commentary. Bull. Zool. Nom. 58: 81-96.
FOREY, P. L. 2002. PhyloCode--pain, no gain. Taxon 51: 43-54.
GAO, K. Q., and Y. L. SUN. 2003. Is the PhyloCode better than Linnaean system? New development and debate on biological nomenclatural issues. Chinese Sci. Bull. 48: 308-312.
GHISELIN, M. T. 1995. Ostensive definitions of the names of species and clades. Biol. Phil. 10: 219-222.
GREUTER, W. 2004. Recent developments in international biological nomenclature. Turk. Jo. Bot. 28: 17-26.
JANOVEC, J. P., L. G. CLARK, and S. A. MORI. 2003. Is the neotropical flora ready for the PhyloCode? Bot. Rev. 69: 22-43.
JØRGENSEN, P. M. 2002. Two nomenclatural systems? Taxon 51: 737.
JØRGENSEN, P. M. 2004. Rankless names in the Code? Taxon 53: 162.
KELLER, R. A., R. N. BOYD, and Q. D. WHEELER. 2003. The illogical basis of phylogenetic nomenclature. Bot. Rev. 69: 93-110.
KOJIMA, J. 2003. Apomorphy-based definition also pinpoints a node, and PhyloCode names prevent effective communication. Bot. Rev. 69: 44-58.
LIDÉN, M. and B. OXELMAN. 1996. Do we need phylogenetic taxonomy? Zool. Scripta 25: 183-185.
LIDÉN, M., B. OXELMAN, A. BACKLUND, L. ANDERSSON, B. BREMER, R. ERIKSSON, R. MOBERG, I. NORDAL, K. PERSSON, M. THULIN, and B. ZIMMER. 1997. Charlie is our darling. Taxon 46: 735-738.
LOBL, I. 2001. Les nomenclatures "linéenne" et "phylogénetique", et d'autres problèmes artificiels. Bull. Soc. Fr. Syst. 26: 16-21.
MONSCH, K. A. 2003. The use of apomorphies in taxonomic defining. Taxon 52: 105-107.
MONSCH, K. A. 2006. The PhyloCode, or alternative nomenclature: Why it is not beneficial to palaeontology, either. Acta Palaeontol. Pol. 51: 521-524.
MOORE, G. 2003. Should taxon names be explicitly defined? Bot. Rev. 69: 2-21.
NIXON, K. C., and J. M. CARPENTER. 2000. On the other "phylogenetic systematics". Cladistics 16:298-318.
NIXON, K. C., J. M. CARPENTER, and D. W. STEVENSON. 2003. The PhyloCode is fatally flawed, and the "Linnaean" system can easily be fixed. Bot. Rev. 69: 111-120.
PICKETT, K. M. 2005. The new and improved PhyloCode, now with types, ranks, and even polyphyly: a conference report from the First International Phylogenetic Nomenclature Meeting. Cladistics 21: 79-82.
POLASZEK, A. and E. O. WILSON. 2005. Sense and stability in animal names. Trends Ecol. Evol. 20: 421-422.
RIEPPEL, O. 2006. The PhyloCode: a critical discussion of its theoretical foundation. Cladistics 22: 186-197.
SCHUH, R. T. 2003. The Linnaean system and its 250-year persistence. Bot. Rev. 69: 59-78.
SLUYS, R., K. MARTENS, and F. R. SCHRAM. 2004. The PhyloCode: naming of biodiversity at a crossroads. Trends Ecol. Evol. 19: 280-281.
STEVENS, P. F. 2006. An end to all things?--plants and their names. Australian Syst. Bot. 19: 115-133.
STUESSY, T. F. 2000. Taxon names are not defined. Taxon 49: 231-233.
STUESSY, T. F. 2001. Taxon names are still not defined. Taxon 50: 185-186.
TANG, Y.-C., and A.-M. LU. 2005. Paraphyletic group, PhyloCode and phylogenetic species--the current debate and a preliminary commentary. Acta Phytotax. Sin. 43: 403-419.
WENZEL, J. W., K. C. NIXON, and G. CUCCODORO. 2004. Dites non au PhyloCode! Bull. Soc. Fr. Syst. 31: 19-23.

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