Saving our science from ourselves: the plight of biological classification

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia

Malte C. Ebach²  Marcelo R. De Carvalho¹  Silvio S. Nihei¹ 

[1] ,University of New South Wales School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences Evolution & Ecology Research CentreSydney,Australia

关键词: Classification;    DNA barcoding;    morphology;    nomenclature;    systematic;    taxonomy;    Classificação;    código de barras DNA;    morfologia;    nomenclatura;    sistemática;    taxonomia;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0085-56262011005000005

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Saving our science from ourselves: the plight of biological classification. Biological classification ( nomenclature, taxonomy, and systematics) is being sold short. The desire for new technologies, faster and cheaper taxonomic descriptions, identifications, and revisions is symptomatic of a lack of appreciation and understanding of classification. The problem of gadget-driven science, a lack of best practice and the inability to accept classification as a descriptive and empirical science are discussed. The worst cases scenario is a future in which classifications are purely artificial and uninformative.

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