TY  - JOUR
A1  - Thines, Marco
A1  - Crous, Pedro W.
A1  - Aime, M. Catherine
A1  - Aoki, Takayuki
A1  - Cai, Lei
A1  - Hyde, Kevin D.
A1  - Miller, Andrew N.
A1  - Zhang, Ning
A1  - Stadler, Marc
T1  - Ten reasons why a sequence-based nomenclature is not useful for fungi anytime soon
T2  - IMA fungus
N2  - The large number of species still to be discovered in fungi, together with an exponentially growing number of environmental sequences that cannot be linked to known taxa, has fuelled the idea that it might be necessary to formally name fungi on the basis of sequence data only. Here we object to this idea due to several shortcomings of the approach, ranging from concerns regarding reproducibility and the violation of general scientific principles to ethical issues. We come to the conclusion that sequence-based nomenclature is potentially harmful for mycology as a discipline. Additionally, a classification based on sequences as types is not within reach anytime soon, because there is a lack of consensus regarding common standards due to the fast pace at which sequencing technologies develop.
KW  - Biodiversity
KW  - ICN
KW  - nomenclature
KW  - systematics
KW  - voucherless taxa
Y1  - 2018
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/47220
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-472206
SN  - 2210-6359
SN  - 2210-6340
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VL  - 9
IS  - 1
SP  - 177
EP  - 183
PB  - Assoc.
CY  - Utrecht
ER  -