Re: The PhyloCode will not address the naming of species (Was The Papers That Ate Cincinnati)

[Anthony Docimo <keenir@hotmail.com>]

>  > >Two traditional taxonomists might agree on the exact same
>  > >phylogenetic hypothesis, but each could come up with different
>  > >classification. Examples:
>  > >
>  > >Family Hylobatidae
>  > >  Genus Hylobates
>  > >Family Pongidae
>  > >  Genus Gorilla
>  > >  Genus Pongo
>  > >  Genus Pan
>  > >Family Hominidae
>  > >  Genus Homo
>  > >
>  > >Family Hylobatidae
>  > >  Genus Bunopithecus
>  > >  Genus Hylobates
>  > >  Genus Nomascus
>  > >  Genus Symphalangus
>  > >Family Hominidae
>  > >Subfamily Ponginae
>  > >  Genus Pongo
>  > >Subfamily Homininae
>  > >  Genus Gorilla
>  > >  Genus Homo
>  > >  Genus Pan
>  >
>  > as far as I can tell, these are two different cladograms *as well as* 
> two
>  > different classifications.
>
> But you _can't_ tell,

you wrote two cladograms.

> since traditional classifications are under no
> obligation to follow cladograms!

well then solve that problem: invent a written language that is pictoral 
rather than abstract, one in which people can have sentances in cladograms.

>  That is an important reason to
> prefer a cladistic approach to classification.

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