[CPN] Discussion to incorporate elements of CMB proposal

[Michel Laurin]

I agree too.

     Michel

On 10/05/12 23:54, Cantino, Philip wrote:
> I agree that Mike's proposed punctuation change makes the definition easier to read.
>
> Thank you for alerting us about the changes in the names of these codes and the new publication on biological nomenclature.
>
> Phil
>
> On May 9, 2012, at 12:10 PM, Mike Keesey wrote:
>
>> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Cantino, Philip<cantino at ohio.edu>  wrote:
>>> Here is a revised definition of "species" that I proposed for the glossary
>>> in January, incorporating a change that Michel recommended on an earlier
>>> draft I sent to the CPN:
>>>
>>> species.  A taxonomic unit that is variably conceptualized as a kind of
>>> biological entity that may or may not be different from a clade or simply as
>>> a taxon of low rank in traditional nomenclature.  This code does not endorse
>>> any species concept nor provide rules for defining species names, but it
>>> uses species names governed by the rank-based codes to refer to taxa that
>>> are used as specifiers in definitions of clade names.  Article 21 provides
>>> guidelines for the use of species names governed by the rank-based codes in
>>> conjunction with clade names governed by this code.
>> I like this definition. The first sentence is a bit difficult to read,
>> though. Perhaps: "A taxonomic unit that is variably conceptualized as
>> a kind of biological entity (which may or may not be different from a
>> clade) or as a taxon of low rank in traditional nomenclature."
>>
>> While we're on the subject of updating the code, I note that some of
>> the other codes have changed their names since the last draft of the
>> PhyloCode was created. The International Code of Botanical
>> Nomenclature (or the Botanical Code) is now the International Code of
>> Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN) and the International
>> Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (or the Bacteriological Code) is now
>> the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (ICNP). These
>> are trivial updates that should be included in the next draft.
>>
>> This was published yesterday by the International Committee on Bionomenclature:
>>
>> David&  al. (2012). Biological nomenclature terms for facilitating
>> communication in the naming of organisms. ZooKeys 192:67–72.
>> http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.192.3347
>>
>> It's basically an updated version of PhyloCode's Appendix C (itself
>> based on a BioCode appendix, IIRC). Happy to see it includes the
>> PhyloCode! I'd say the next draft should probably use it verbatim
>> (except with the PhyloCode column first, an additional row for
>> "converted" nomenclatural status, and perhaps any rows where
>> PhyloCode's entry is "[none]" omitted).
>> -- 
>> T. Michael Keesey
>> http://tmkeesey.net/
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