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Restoring indigenous names in taxonomy
Some pillars of scientific practice appear immutable. We propose that one of these needs more thorough consideration and modification: this being the long-standing emphasis in nomenclature for first published names over pre-existing indigenous names, in accepting species epithets. We suggest that bi...
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author | Gillman, Len Norman Wright, Shane Donald |
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description | Some pillars of scientific practice appear immutable. We propose that one of these needs more thorough consideration and modification: this being the long-standing emphasis in nomenclature for first published names over pre-existing indigenous names, in accepting species epithets. We suggest that biologists re-evaluate this practice, in the context of a current more general re-evaluation of indigenous knowledge. We propose that it is now time to critically examine taxonomic protocols in favour of both assigning and reinstating indigenous names whenever possible. |
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spelling | pubmed-75846132020-10-26 Restoring indigenous names in taxonomy Gillman, Len Norman Wright, Shane Donald Commun Biol Comment Some pillars of scientific practice appear immutable. We propose that one of these needs more thorough consideration and modification: this being the long-standing emphasis in nomenclature for first published names over pre-existing indigenous names, in accepting species epithets. We suggest that biologists re-evaluate this practice, in the context of a current more general re-evaluation of indigenous knowledge. We propose that it is now time to critically examine taxonomic protocols in favour of both assigning and reinstating indigenous names whenever possible. Nature Publishing Group UK 2020-10-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7584613/ /pubmed/33097807 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01344-y Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Comment Gillman, Len Norman Wright, Shane Donald Restoring indigenous names in taxonomy |
title | Restoring indigenous names in taxonomy |
title_full | Restoring indigenous names in taxonomy |
title_fullStr | Restoring indigenous names in taxonomy |
title_full_unstemmed | Restoring indigenous names in taxonomy |
title_short | Restoring indigenous names in taxonomy |
title_sort | restoring indigenous names in taxonomy |
topic | Comment |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7584613/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33097807 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01344-y |
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