[Taxacom] Expressing synonymy as a schematic

[Geoff Read]

Good try but it has defects. The concept of 'redivivus' (with minor suffix
changes) should be continuously linked as it never trails out. Also the
years repeat awkwardly when more than one event occurs in the same paper
(except for Bory). Bory's subspecies taxonomy appears to be
misrepresented.

I think the diagram would need more dimensions/colours if it is to show
what is really going on.

Geoff  (his 2c)


On Wed, May 23, 2012 12:27 pm, Tony.Rees at csiro.au wrote:
> Dear Taxacomers,
>
> Searching for information on a particular taxon name on the web, I
> happened upon a nice schematic which I thought well expressed the complex
> taxonomic and nomenclatural history for a species of nematode, Panagrellus
> redivivus, on p.23 (Figure 2) of the following paper by Ferris, 2009:
>
> http://plpnemweb.ucdavis.edu/nemaplex/FerrisPublications/pdf%20files/165Ferris2009.pdf
>
> (a taxon which has moved through 8 genera and 21 treatments, under a
> variety of epithets, at last count according to this diagram).
>
> I was thinking that this is a particularly neat method for expressing such
> changes through time but was also wondering if readers have other
> suggestions or examples as well.