[tdwg-content] DwC Occurrence [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Richard Pyle]

In other words, by "most popular" I mean that they tend to be the
most-heavily cited taxon concept in exiting biodiversity
literature/datasets/information -- more so than any other Linnean rank -- so
much so that even the non-Linnean-rank naming system (Phylocode)
acknowledges them.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nico Cellinese [mailto:ncellinese at flmnh.ufl.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 11:43 AM
> To: Richard Pyle
> Cc: 'Peter DeVries'; tdwg-content at lists.tdwg.org; 'Paul Murray'
> Subject: Re: [tdwg-content] DwC Occurrence [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
> 
> > I think of "species" as the most popular kind of "taxon concept". Not
> > like strict Linnean rank sort-of species.
> 
> Good gods!!  Now you send me straight to the bar! Doing so you are indeed
> treating 'species' as ranks, unless I am completely missing your point. If
you
> think of species as taxa, the 'most popular' according tho whom?
> 
> nico
> 
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