[Taxacom] Plantae (was: New paper on fungal higher classification)

[Tony Rees]

Hi Ken, all,

The IUCN has (e.g.) angiosperms under Kingdom Plantae, Phylum
Tracheophyta, Class
Magnoliopsida, which is consistent with the Catalogue of Life current
(2017) edition (classification based on Ruggiero et al., 2015 in this area
at least).  Angiospermae is a "superclass" in that classification (not a
"Linnaean rank") and Magnoliophyta is no longer recognised at phylum level.
So I don't think you can criticize IUCN on that score. Since Ruggiero et
al.'s classification is supposed to be reviewed and adjusted at intervals
with new information, at least if other systems are compliant with it there
is a level of consistency and interoperability introduced, with a
likelihood of tracking additional taxonomic changes in the future. Whether
folk agree with, and/or are familiar with, that classification is a
different issue of course.

I am not particularly enamoured with "Chromista", for example, but have
introduced it into my own system within the last couple of years for
exactly the reasons stated above. At some point it makes sense to go with
the "critical mass" where this exists, until the latter changes at least.

Regards - Tony



On 23 May 2018 at 03:49, Kenneth Kinman <kinman at hotmail.com> wrote:

     I also just went to the IUCN website, and couldn't find results for
> either Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta.  Turns out it only gives results for
> Magnoliopsida.  They need to build a better search, so that major synonyms
> are included.
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