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A Perspective on Protistan Nomenclature
Author(s) -
PATTERSON DAVID J.,
LARSEN JACOB
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
the journal of protozoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 0022-3921
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1992.tb01292.x
Subject(s) - nomenclature , taxon , perspective (graphical) , meaning (existential) , biology , phylogenetic tree , phylogenetic nomenclature , type (biology) , genealogy , evolutionary biology , zoology , epistemology , ecology , taxonomy (biology) , history , clade , philosophy , genetics , computer science , artificial intelligence , gene
. The nomenclature of protists is more complicated than that of plants or animals because more than one code of nomenclature applies (i.e. the taxa may be ambiregnal), because of the frequent absence of type material, and because of changing perspectives of the phylogenetic relationships of various groups of protists. These factors often lead to uncertainty over the meaning of names of taxa. If nomenclatural instability is to be avoided, some changes in current practices are required. The nature of the problems and some possible changes are discussed.
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