Taxonomic research in South Africa: the state of the discipline

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作者：

Smith, Gideon F. ^{[1
,2
]}

Buys, Matt ^{[3
,4
]}

Walters, Michele ^{[1
]}

Herbert, Dai ^{[5
,6
]}

Hamer, Michelle ^{[7
]}

机构：

[1] S African Natl Biodivers Inst, Biosystemat Res & Biodivers Collect Div, ZA-0001 Pretoria, South Africa

[2] Univ Pretoria, Dept Bot, HGWJ Schweickerdt Herbarium, ZA-0002 Pretoria, South Africa

[3] S African Natl Biodivers Inst, Compton Herbarium, Claremont, CA USA

[4] Univ Stellenbosch, Dept Bot & Zool, ZA-7600 Stellenbosch, South Africa

[5] Natal Museum, ZA-3200 Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

[6] Univ KwaZulu Natal, Sch Bot & Zool, ZA-3209 Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

[7] Univ KwaZulu Natal, Sch Biol & Conservat Sci, ZA-3209 Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

来源：

SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE | 2008年 / 104卷 / 7-8期

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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

THE NEED FOR TAXONOMY IS IMPERATIVE as we cannot protect organisms that are not known and which remain unidentified and uncharacterised, thereby limiting our capacity to understand them and to assess the influence of environmental change and other alterations in their condition. There is currently insufficient taxonomic capacity to keep abreast of the rate of new discoveries - our museums and herbaria already contain numerous unnamed species that await description. We outline the steps that our taxonomists have taken to promote their work - through conferences and the establishment of professional societies - and make the case for its enhanced support as an integral part of science policy.

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