TY - JOUR
T1 - Proposal to modify the Rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes to abolish the taxonomic categories Subfamily, Subtribe and Kingdom
AU - Oren, Aharon
PY - 2019/5/1
Y1 - 2019/5/1
N2 - Although the taxonomic categories covered by the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes include the ranks of Subtribe (Subtribus) and Subfamily (Subfamilia), no names of taxa belonging to these ranks have been validly published. To simplify the Rules of the Code I propose abolishing these ranks. The rank of Kingdom is mentioned once in the Code, in an example to Rule 8, but it is not further defined. Therefore, I propose modifying that example so that the rank of Kingdom is no longer mentioned in the Code.
AB - Although the taxonomic categories covered by the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes include the ranks of Subtribe (Subtribus) and Subfamily (Subfamilia), no names of taxa belonging to these ranks have been validly published. To simplify the Rules of the Code I propose abolishing these ranks. The rank of Kingdom is mentioned once in the Code, in an example to Rule 8, but it is not further defined. Therefore, I propose modifying that example so that the rank of Kingdom is no longer mentioned in the Code.
KW - International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes
KW - Kingdom
KW - subfamily
KW - subtribe
KW - taxonomic categories
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85065766922
U2 - 10.1099/ijsem.0.003317
DO - 10.1099/ijsem.0.003317
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C2 - 30806612
AN - SCOPUS:85065766922
SN - 1466-5026
VL - 69
SP - 1524
EP - 1525
JO - International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
JF - International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
IS - 5
ER -