"Numerical ranks" to improve biological nomenclature of higher groups
Populations and Evolution
2017-08-25 v1
Abstract
Simple method to improve traditional approaches to name taxa of higher ranks has been proposed. Instead of base name + postfixes (which vary between codes of nomenclature and sometimes not standardized at all), use numerical prefixes, where numbers designate the rank of taxon, from lowest (species = 1) to highest (kingdom = 7). This "numerical ranks" method is not only more simple and straightforward then current practice, but also easy to extend for numerous additional uses. There is a hope that numerical ranks will facilitate creation of typified names for all higher-level taxomonic groups.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1708.07260,
title = {"Numerical ranks" to improve biological nomenclature of higher groups},
author = {Alexey Shipunov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.07260},
year = {2017}
}