Chapter 20
Description of Higher Taxa
Describing Species :
Practical Taxonomic
Procedure for Biologist
Judith E. Winston
Outline
Family Concepts and Their Use in Taxonomy
Practical Significance in Biology
Describing Families
Family-Level Descriptions: Examples
Redescriptions of Family-Level Taxa
Descriptions of Taxa Above the Family Level
Problems with Nomenclature of Higher Taxa
Bagaimanakonsepfamiliberkembang
dalamklasifikasidan nomenklatur
biologi?
Family Concepts and Their Use in Taxonomy
family-level groups of plants >> ancient Greece
“Natural orders” abadke-18
Linnaeus’s time →Genera Plantarum (1764)
M. Adanson →Famillesdes Plants (1764)
with 58 families of plants.
A.-L. de Jussieu→Genera Plantarum (1789)
divided plants in 100 “natural orders”.
Konsepfamily pada hewan
(Pertengahanabadke-18)
Latreille→divided insects into families (1796)
Duméril →arranged the insects by orders and families (1800)
used French.
W. Kirby→Latin ending –idaefrom the Greek plural Eidos
(1813)
Apapractical significance dari
nama-namafamilidalam
klasifikasibiologi?
Practical Significance in Biology