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Taxonomic Data from the World Umbellifer Database The World Umbellifer Database contains a wide range of taxonomic information for over 15,000 taxon names that have been used for members of the Umbelliferae. This webpage presents an interface to data that refer to the nomenclature and classification of these names.
The higher nomenclature of recent amphibians online pdf article - Alytes (Paris) ; The absence of rules in the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature for nomenclature of taxa above superfamily is a source of instability and confusion, especially with the recent increase in number of higher taxa following multiplication of phylogenetic analyses. A recent proposal concerning such rules, submitted elsewhere, is briefly presented here, and its consequences regarding nomenclature of higher taxa of recent amphibians are summarised.