Editing PhyloCode (section)

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The ''PhyloCode'' is controversial and has inspired considerable criticism from some taxonomists.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Nixon|first1=Kevin C.|last2=Carpenter|first2=James M.|last3=Stevenson|first3=Dennis W.|date=2003|title=The PhyloCode is fatally flawed, and the "Linnaean" System can easily be fixed|url=https://doi.org/10.1663/0006-8101(2003)069[0111:TPIFFA]2.0.CO;2|journal=The Botanical Review|volume=69|issue=1|pages=111–120|doi=10.1663/0006-8101(2003)069[0111:TPIFFA]2.0.CO;2|
access-date=12 February 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref> While inaugurated decades ago, the number of supporters for widespread adoption of the ''PhyloCode'' is still small, and the publication of PhyloCode literature stagnated in the mid-2010s,<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Brower|first1=Andrew V. Z.|date=2020|title=Dead on arrival: a postmortem assessment of "phylogenetic nomenclature", 20+ years on|journal=Cladistics|volume=36|issue=6|pages=627–637|doi=10.1111/cla.12432|s2cid=224927279 |doi-access=free}}</ref> before accelerating after publication of Phylonyms in 2020 and of the launch of the [https://www.mapress.com/bpn Bulletin of Phylogenetic Nomenclature], which is a journal dedicated to the publication of nomenclatural acts (especially definition of taxon names) valid under the ''PhyloCode''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Phylonyms : a companion to the PhyloCode |isbn=9781138332935 |url=https://www.routledge.com/Phylonyms-A-Companion-to-the-PhyloCode/Queiroz-Cantino-Gauthier/p/book/9781138332935|last1=Queiroz |first1=Kevin De |last2=Cantino |first2=Philip D. |last3=Gauthier |first3=Jacques A. |date=27 May 2020 |publisher=CRC Press }}</ref><ref name="L23CRC">{{cite book |last1=Laurin |first1=Michel |title=The Advent of PhyloCode: The Continuing Evolution of Biological Nomenclature |date=3 August 2023 |publisher=CRC Press |doi=10.1201/9781003092827 |isbn=978-1-003-09282-7 |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.1201/9781003092827/advent-phylocode-michel-laurin}}</ref> To be valid under the PhyloCode, taxon names and associated definitions should be registered in the [https://app.phyloregnum.org/ RegNum] database.

A list of published critiques of the ''PhyloCode'' can be found on the [http://phylonames.org/literature/#critiques ISPN's website], as can a list of rebuttals.