Principios de Taxonomia

216j 7 The Cohesion of Organisms Through Genealogical Lineage (Cladistics)
for Phylogenetic Nomenclature (ISPN) was founded at this meeting. A second
meeting then followed in 2006 at the Peabody Museum of Yale University.
Up to now, the phylocode has not established itself, despite the clarity and stability
of its nomenclature. The future will show whether the appeal of the phylocode can
hold its ground against the hurdles of entrenched conservative thinking. Of course,
the phylocode is a system of nomenclature, not an ontological solution to the species
problem. The so-called tree-thinking on which the phylocode is based may not hide
the fact that the problem of taxon delimitation is not solved by the concept of the
phylocode. Taxonomy means delimited entities. However, the phylogenetic tree is a
branching continuum. There are no boundaries in the phylogenetic tree. The entities
of the phylocode are least inclusive and most inclusive monophyla. The phylocode
classification obeys the rule of the monophyletic formula if B and C are
combined, then A also belongs to this group (Figure 7.5), but you can only combine
things that are apart. Why are A, B and C actually separate branches? The phylocode
does not provide any answer to this question.