How to define a diatom genus? Notes on the creation and recognition of taxa, and a call for revisionary studies of diatoms

[摘要] We highlight the increase in the number of diatom genera being described, and suggest that their description be based on the concept of monophyly. That is, a new genus will contain the ancestor and all its descendants. Past criteria or...

[学科分类] 植物学

[关键词] Bacillariophyta;cladistics;genera;monophyly;phylogeny;revisionary studies;systematics