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Disagreements over how to define species potentially render them incomparable, yet biologists routinely count and compare species. This 'species problem' persists despite the wealth of data and methods available to contemporary systematists. A heuristic approach to species provides a consistent yet flexible means of selecting, assessing, and integrating different biological data.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/j.tplants.2022.03.013

Type

Journal article

Journal

Trends Plant Sci

Publication Date

06/2022

Volume

27

Pages

524 - 527

Keywords

clusters, cohesion, heuristics, integrative taxonomy, lineages, species, Heuristics