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Third meeting of the International Society for Phylogenetic Nomenclature: a report
Author(s) -
Laurin Michel,
Bryant Harold N.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
zoologica scripta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.204
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1463-6409
pISSN - 0300-3256
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00379.x
Subject(s) - nomenclature , taxon , phylogenetic nomenclature , phylogenetic tree , biology , rank (graph theory) , library science , taxonomy (biology) , genealogy , zoology , evolutionary biology , clade , ecology , history , computer science , genetics , gene , mathematics , combinatorics
The Third Meeting of the International Society for Phylogenetic Nomenclature (ISPN) convened at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, from 20 to 22 July 2008. In addition to contributed talks, the conference included a progress report on the PhyloCode ‘Companion Volume’, a discussion of how to complete this book in a timely fashion, a demonstration of the online registration data base (RegNum), plenary talks, and Council and business meetings. Topics discussed at the meeting include problems created by rank‐based nomenclature in various eukaryotic taxa, dealing with hybrids in rank‐based and phylogenetic nomenclature, phyloinformatics, the choice of names to use when the taxonomic content associated with available names varies, teaching phylogenetic nomenclature, and the application of phylogenetic nomenclature to specific taxa.