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Wheat Information Service
Number 90:54 (2000)
Report
GrainTax Synonymy Tables Project: June 2000
Progress Report
L. A. Morrison1 and W. J. Raupp2
1Department of Crop & Soil Science, Oregon
State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-3002, USA.
2 The Wheat Genetics Resource Center, 4711 Throckmorton
Plant Sciences Center, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State
University, Manhattan KS 66506-5502 USA.
Classification Tables for 28 taxonomic treatments of Triticum
and Aegilops are now posted on the GrainTax web site
(http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/GrainTax/). All of these taxonomies
were produced during the 20th century, and as a whole they
present a confusing array of inconsistent names and competing claims
of accurate phylogenetic concepts. While the Classifications Tables
do not alleviate this problem, they do offer a reliable reference for
treatments that are encountered in the literature and in
communications among members of the wheat research community.
Researchers are encouraged to make use of them for checking the
correct citation of species names and for verifying the handling of
taxa within a particular treatment.
Also available on the GrainTax site are the following
supplementary tables: Table of Authorities with correct spelling and
abbreviations for the publishing author of valid taxonomic names;
Synonym Table with a list of the most commonly encountered synonyms;
Rejected Name Table with a list of illegitimate, invalid, and
ambiguous names. In the next stage of the project, cross-referencing
links will be built to join names to classifications and to relate
valid names to their synonyms.
The goals of the GrainTax project will best be realized with
the cooperation of the wheat research community (Morrison and Raupp
1999). The Tables are now easily accessible and, when followed,
ensure consistency in the use of taxonomic names. To avoid confusion
in referencing wheat taxa (e.g., in research articles or in germplasm
requests), it is advisable to cite the classification that is being
followed and to follow the classification without change to the names
of taxa, their ranking, and their authority citation.
References
Morrison LA and Raupp WJ (1999) GrainTax Synonymy Tables
Project: June 1999 Progress Report. Wheat Inf Serv 88: 52-56.
Email: alura@peak.org; fax: 1-541-737-3407; tel: 1-541-737-5421
Email: raupp@ksu.edu; fax: 1-785-532-5692; tel: 1-785-532-2366
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