Fwd: RE: Re: rankless nomenclature

[christian thompson]

And for those who want to read about what others are writing try:

"On the other "Phylogenetic Systematics" by Kevin Nixon & Jim Carpenter in
the recent Cladistics (2000, Cladistics 16: 298-318).

It seems some cladists strongly disagree on whether the PhyloCode is "more
stable," better communications system, etc., than the Linnaean system and
the relationships of these to Science and Metaphysic, etc.


F. Christian Thompson
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