<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>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:</div><div>
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<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: Times; ">species</span></i><span style="font-family:Times">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>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.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>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.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<!--EndFragment--></div><div>Phil</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On May 2, 2012, at 1:14 PM, de Queiroz, Kevin wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>I was one of the people who favored modifying the definition of the term "species" in the PhyloCode to make it more neutral, and that is basically the only change that I am in favor of. Phil and I are about to propose rewordings of some of the definition types, one of which removes the term species; however, that change was not motivated by the CMB proposal.<br><br>Kevin<br><br><br>On 5/2/12 12:17 PM, "David C. Tank" <<a href="mailto:dtank@uidaho.edu">dtank@uidaho.edu</a>> wrote:<br><br>In our vote to reject the CMB proposal, there was overwhelming support to identify aspects of the CMB proposal that could be incorporated into the code - so I would like to begin this discussion.<br><br>In responding, several people suggested a similar change that they would like to discuss - basically, a modification of the definition of the term "species" to make it more neutral with respect to species concepts.<br><br>Kevin, would you like to start this discussion?<br><br>Are there other aspects of CMB that we would like to consider for incorporation into the code?<br><br>Best,<br>Dave<br>_________________________________<br>David C. Tank<br>Assistant Professor & Director, Stillinger Herbarium<br>University of Idaho<br>208.885.7033<br><a href="mailto:dtank@uidaho.edu">dtank@uidaho.edu</a><br><a href="http://www.phylodiversity.net/dtank/">http://www.phylodiversity.net/dtank/</a><br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>CPN mailing list<br>CPN@listserv.ohio.edu<br>http://listserv.ohio.edu/mailman/listinfo/cpn<br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>