Re: Origin of "phylum" and "family"

ÅnâpÂÃ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Wilkins)ÂnâÂÂÃÂÂÂG
> > I have been informed that these ranks were not original to Linnaeus. I
> > had thought he added them in his later work, but it seems I was wrong.
> > My informant tells me Haeckel is responsible for "phylum" (as a rankless
> > group, in fact), but who was responsible for "family", "tribe" and all
> > the others, and when were they adopted into the nomenclatural codes?
> > Any refs or URLs?
> Judd et al. Plant Systematics --- a phylogenetic approach  sinaur Inc.
> 
> chapter 3 & literature cited.
> 
Thank you.
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