articles on the developmental stages of systematics and biology

[dx-zhang]

Dear Taxacomer,
I am writting a grant proposal and need an introduction on the developmental stages of the systematical and biogeographical sciences. I remember that I've seen papers outlined them respectively into descriptive, narrative, and analytical stages. Could any of you please tell me which papers they are by send me emails by dx-zhang at scib.ac.cn?
Thank you for your assistance.
Sincerely,
Dianxiang
Dianxiang Zhang, PhD
Associate professor
South China Institute of Botany
Academia Sinica
Guangzhou 510650
China
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