Original paper
How big is a genus? Towards a nomothetic systematics
Volume: 183, Issue: 2, Pages: 237 - 252
Published: Oct 14, 2017
Abstract
A genus is a taxonomic unit that may contain one species (monotypic) or thousands. Yet counts of genera or families are used to quantify diversity where species-level data are not available. High frequencies of monotypic genera (~30% of animals) have previously been scrutinized as an artefact of human classification. To test whether Linnean taxonomy conflicts with phylogeny, we compared idealized phylogenetic systematics in silico with...
Paper Details
Title
How big is a genus? Towards a nomothetic systematics
Published Date
Oct 14, 2017
Volume
183
Issue
2
Pages
237 - 252
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