International Society for Phylogenetic Nomenclature
Type | Professional Organization |
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Focus | Phylogenetic nomenclature |
Method | Meetings, Publications |
Key people | Michel Laurin (current secretary) |
Website | www.phylonames.org |
The International Society for Phylogenetic Nomenclature was established to encourage and facilitate the development and use of, and communication about, phylogenetic nomenclature. It organizes periodic scientific meetings and is overseeing the completion and implementation of the PhyloCode.[1][2]
History and meetings
The International Society for Phylogenetic Nomenclature (ISPN) was established in the first international phylogenetic nomenclature meeting, which convened in the
In the second meeting (2006), rules concerning the choice of name for crown clades were discussed, along with rules to clarify the use of binomial species names in the context of phylogenetic nomenclature and to enhance the information content of these names (regarding the monophyly or paraphyly of the genus name, considered a prenomen, in the context of the PhyloCode). It was also decided then to expand the CPN (Committee on Phylogenetic Nomenclature) from nine to twelve members.[4]
The third meeting convened at
Shortly after that meeting, the ISPN was admitted as a scientific member of IUBS, the International Union of Biological Sciences, to which other regulating bodies of biological nomenclature (such as the International Association for Plant Taxonomy and the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, among others) also belong.
References
- ISBN 9780070141599.
- ISBN 9781578086689.
- S2CID 86552807.
- S2CID 222198538.
- S2CID 221171579.