[Taxacom] authorities of kingdoms of life

[Ken Kinman]

Diana,
    I am looking at Thomas Cavier-Smith's (1998) "A revised six-kingdom 
system of life" (Biol. Reviews, 73:203-266).  He shows Fungi Linnaeus, 1753; 
Animalia Linnaeus, 1758; and Plantae Haeckel, 1866.   So that is three of 
them.

     He doesn't use Monera, but rather Kingdom Bacteria Cohn, 1870.  He 
doesn't use Protista or Protoctista either, since he divides them among 
Protozoa, Chromista, and Plantae.  I personally prefer Protista (many people 
do), and I believe that was also from Haeckel, 1866.  Protoctista was named 
by Margulis herself, in the 1970's as I recall.  An ugly name in my opinion, 
and people often get the spelling wrong.  For what it's worth, my personal 
preference for the five kingdoms are Monera, Protista, Eumycota, Metaphyta, 
and Metazoa.
    ----Cheers,
            Ken Kinman
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>From: Diana Hernández <dhernand at xolo.conabio.gob.mx>
>To: Taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
>Subject: [Taxacom] authorities of kingdoms of life
>Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:26:06 -0600
>
>Dear collegues,
>A very basic question:
>Does anybody know the authorities for each kingdom of those
>considered by Margulis & Schwartz, 1985:
>Protoctista
>Monera
>Fungi
>Plantae
>Animalia
>
>And if there is any publication where this is established?
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Diana Hernandez
>
>
>

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