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词条 Incertae sedis
释义

  1. Examples

  2. In formal nomenclature

  3. Reason for use

     Poor description  Not included in an analysis   Controversy  

  4. In zoological nomenclature

  5. See also

  6. References

  7. External links

{{Italic title}}{{lang|la|Incertae sedis}} (Latin for "of uncertain placement")[1] or problematica are terms used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined.[2] Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa".[3] In the system of open nomenclature, uncertainty at specific taxonomic levels is indicated by {{lang|la|incertae familiae}} (of uncertain family), {{lang|la|incerti subordinis}} (of uncertain suborder), {{lang|la|incerti ordinis}} (of uncertain order) and similar terms.[4]

Examples

  • The fossil plant Paradinandra suecica could not be assigned to any family, but was placed incertae sedis within the order Ericales when described in 2001.[5]
  • The fossil Gluteus minimus, described in 1975, could not be assigned to any known animal phylum.[6] The genus is therefore incertae sedis within the kingdom Animalia.
  • While it was unclear to which order the New World vultures (family Cathartidae) should be assigned, they were placed in Aves incertae sedis.[7] It was later agreed to place them in a separate order, Cathartiformes.[8]
  • Bocage's longbill, Amaurocichla bocagei, a species of passerine bird, belongs to the superfamily Passeroidea. Since it is unclear to which family it belongs, it is classified as Passeroidea incertae sedis.
  • HeLa cells, descended from human cervical cancer cells, may diverge genetically from normal human cells sufficiently to be categorized as a new species with largely incertae sedis taxonomy.

In formal nomenclature

When formally naming a taxon, uncertainty about its taxonomic classification can be problematic. The International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, stipulates that "species and subdivisions of genera must be assigned to genera, and infraspecific taxa must be assigned to species, because their names are combinations", but ranks higher than the genus may be assigned incertae sedis.[9]

Reason for use

Poor description

This excerpt from a 2007 scientific paper about crustaceans of the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench and the Japan Trench describes typical circumstances through which this category is applied in discussing:[10]

...the removal of many genera from new and existing families into a state of incertae sedis. Their reduced status was attributed largely to poor or inadequate descriptions but it was accepted that some of the vagueness in the analysis was due to insufficient character states. It is also evident that a proportion of the characters used in the analysis, or their given states for particular taxa, were inappropriate or invalid. Additional complexity, and factors that have misled earlier authorities, are intrusion by extensive homoplasies, apparent character state reversals and convergent evolution.

Not included in an analysis

If a formal phylogenetic analysis is conducted that does not include a certain taxon, the authors might choose to label the taxon incertae sedis instead of guessing its placement. This is particularly common when molecular phylogenies are generated, since tissue for many rare organisms is hard to obtain. It is also a common scenario when fossil taxa are included, since many fossils are defined based on partial information. For example, if the phylogeny was constructed using soft tissue and vertebrae as principal characters and the taxon in question is only known from a single tooth, it would be necessary to label it incertae sedis.[4]

Controversy

If conflicting results exist or if there is not a consensus among researchers as to how a taxon relates to other organisms, it may be listed as incertae sedis until the conflict is resolved.[4]

In zoological nomenclature

In botany, a name is not validly published if it is not accepted by the author in the same publication.[9]Article 36.1 In zoology, a name proposed conditionally may be available under certain conditions.[1]Articles 11 and 15 For uncertainties at lower levels, the system of open nomenclature suggests that question marks be used to denote a questionable assignment.[4] For example, if a new species was given the specific epithet album by Anton and attributed with uncertainty to Agenus, it could be denoted "Agenus? album Anton (?Anton)"; the "(?Anton)" indicates the author that assigned the question mark.[4] So if Anton described Agenus album, and Bruno called the assignment into doubt, this could be denoted "Agenus? album (Anton) (?Bruno)", with the parentheses around Anton because the original assignment (to Agenus) was modified (to Agenus?) by Bruno.[4]

See also

  • Glossary of scientific naming
  • Nomen dubium, a name of unknown or doubtful application
  • Species inquirenda, a species that in the opinion of the taxonomist requires further investigation
  • Wastebasket taxon
  • Sui generis (Biology)
  • Unclassified language

References

1. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted-sites/iczn/code/index.jsp?booksection=glossary&nfv=true |title=Glossary |work=International Code of Zoological Nomenclature |publisher=International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature |accessdate=2011-06-12}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://plants.usda.gov/faq.html |title=Frequently Asked Questions |work=PLANTS database |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |accessdate=2011-06-12}}
3. ^{{cite book|last= Allaby|first= M.|year= 1999|title= A Dictionary of Zoology|accessdate=2013-01-05|publisher= Oxford University Press |page=704 |url= http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O8-enigmatictaxon.html}}
4. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite journal |url=http://palaeontology.palass-pubs.org/pdf/Vol%2016/Pages%20713-719.pdf |author=S. C. Matthews |year=1973 |title=Notes on open nomenclature and synonymy lists |journal=Palaeontology |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=713–719 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727162339/http://palaeontology.palass-pubs.org/pdf/Vol%2016/Pages%20713-719.pdf |archivedate=2011-07-27 |df= }}
5. ^{{cite journal |author1=Jürg Schönenberger |author2=Else Marie Friis |authorlink2=Else Marie Friis |date=March 2001 |title=Fossil flowers of ericalean affinity from the Late Cretaceous of Southern Sweden |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=88 |issue=3 |pages=467–480 |url=http://www.amjbot.org/content/88/3/467.full | pmid = 11250825 |doi=10.2307/2657112}}
6. ^{{cite journal |author1=Richard Arnold Davis |author2=Holmes A. Semken, Jr. |date=24 January 1975 |title=Fossils of uncertain affinity from the Upper Devonian of Iowa |journal=Science |volume=187 |issue=4173 |pages=251–254 |doi=10.1126/science.187.4173.251 |pmid=17838783 |jstor=1739069|bibcode=1975Sci...187..251A }}
7. ^{{cite web |author1=J. V. Remsen, Jr. |author2=C. D. Cadena |author3=A. Jaramillo |author4=M. Nores |author5=J. F. Pacheco |author6=M. B. Robbins |author7=T. S. Schulenberg |author8=F. G. Stiles |author9=D. F. Stotz |author10=K. J. Zimmer |year=2007 |url=http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.html |title=A classification of the bird species of South America |work=South American Classification Committee |accessdate=2007-10-15 |publisher=American Ornithologists' Union |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010072549/http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~remsen/SACCBaseline.html |archivedate=October 10, 2007}}
8. ^{{cite web|author1=J. V. Remsen, Jr. |author2=C. D. Cadena |author3=A. Jaramillo |author4=M. Nores |author5=J. F. Pacheco |author6=M. B. Robbins |author7=T. S. Schulenberg |author8=F. G. Stiles |author9=D. F. Stotz |author10=K. J. Zimmer |year=2011 |url=http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.html |title=A classification of the bird species of South America |work=South American Classification Committee |accessdate=2011-06-12 |publisher=American Ornithologists' Union |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302073659/http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.html |archivedate=2009-03-02 |df= }}
9. ^1 {{cite book |author1=McNeill, J. |author2=Barrie, F.R. |author3=Buck, W.R. |author4=Demoulin, V. |author5=Greuter, W. |author6=Hawksworth, D.L. |author7=Herendeen, P.S. |author8=Knapp, S. |author9=Marhold, K. |author10=Prado, J. |author11=Prud'homme Van Reine, W.F. |author12=Smith, G.F. |author13=Wiersema, J.H. |author14=Turland, N.J. |year=2012 |volume=Regnum Vegetabile 154 |title=International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code) adopted by the Eighteenth International Botanical Congress Melbourne, Australia, July 2011 |publisher=A.R.G. Gantner Verlag KG |isbn=978-3-87429-425-6 |url=http://www.iapt-taxon.org/nomen/main.php?page=art3 |accessdate=2013-07-28}}
10. ^{{cite journal |author=Graham J. Bird |year=2007 |journal=Zootaxa |volume=1599 |pages=121–149 |url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01599p149.pdf |format=PDF excerpt |editor1=K. Larsen |editor2=M. Shimomura |title=Family Incertae Cedis in Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) from Japan III. The deep trenches; the Kurile-Kamchatka Trench and Japan Trench}}

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