Eponyms have no place in 21st-century biological nomenclature

被引：53

作者：

Guedes, Patricia ^{[1
,2
]}

Alves-Martins, Fernanda ^{[1
,2
]}

Arribas, Javier Martinez ^{[1
,2
]}

Chatterjee, Sumita ^{[1
,2
]}

Santos, Ana M. C. ^{[3
,4
]}

Lewin, Amir ^{[5
]}

Bako, Longji ^{[6
]}

Webala, Paul W. ^{[7
]}

Correia, Ricardo A. ^{[8
,9
]}

Rocha, Ricardo ^{[10
]}

Ladle, Richard J. ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Porto, Res Ctr Biodivers & Genet Resources, CIBIO, InBIO, Vairao, Portugal

[2] CIBIO, BIOPOLIS Program Genom Biodivers & Land Planning, Vairao, Portugal

[3] Univ Autonoma Madrid, Dept Ecol, Terr Ecol Grp TEG UAM, Madrid, Spain

[4] Univ Autonoma Madrid, Ctr Invest Biodivers & Cambio Global CIBC UAM, Madrid, Spain

[5] Bengurion Univ Negev, Jacob Blaustein Inst Desert Res, Mitrani Dept Desert Ecol, Midreshet Bengurion, Beer Sheva, Israel

[6] Univ Jos, A P Leventis Ornithol Res Inst, Zool Dept, Jos, Nigeria

[7] Maasai Mara Univ, Dept Forestry & Wildlife Management, Narok, Kenya

[8] Univ Helsinki, Dept Geosci & Geog, Helsinki, Finland

[9] Univ Turku, Biodivers Unit, Turku, Finland

[10] Univ Oxford, Dept Biol, Oxford, England

来源：

NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION | 2023年 / 7卷 / 08期

基金：

芬兰科学院;

关键词：

CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY;

D O I：

10.1038/s41559-023-02022-y

中图分类号：

Q14 [生态学（生物生态学）];

学科分类号：

071012 ; 0713 ;

摘要：

We argue that naming species in honour of a specific person is unjustifiable and out of step with equality and representation. Reforming taxonomy to remove eponyms will not be easy but could bring multiple benefits for both conservation and society.

引用

页码：1157 / 1160

页数：4

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