[Taxacom] Paraphyletic species

[Kenneth Kinman]

Dear All,
       Following up on my response on Friday (to John Boggan's
question), I would suggest reading the paper cited below.  It would also
be relevant to Stephen's concern whether the term paraphyletic should be
applied to species (rather than just groups of species).      
      The conclusion of the authors was that large numbers of plant
species are indeed paraphyletic.  I obviously agree with them.  Here is
the citation:  
     Rieseberg and Brouillet, 1994.  Are many plant species
paraphyletic?  Taxon, 43:21-32.   
  
          ---------Ken Kinman