Suggestions for a new species nomenclature

reasons mentioned above (i.e., distinction between names and classification, and the absence of a mandatory genus rank, and thus generic names), we reject the binomial-based methods that have been proposed for use with the PhyloCode. The potential for confusion is particularly striking in the case of the creation of new species names. Therefore, we argue that the solution is for species names to become epithet-based. A problem that must be solved in this context is how to guarantee the uniqueness of epithet-based species names, considering that many species share the same epithet. We present an epithet-based form of species name that is fully compatible with the rank-free system of the Phylocode, in which the genus rank does not exist. Also, it guarantees uniqueness in all situations. However, we do not intend to argue that species names under the PhyloCode must follow the method we describe, although we find it convenient. Instead, we wish to stimulate a needed debate on the form of species names in a rank-free system.