Classification is the most important approach to cataloging biological diversity. It serves as a
principal means of communication between scientific disciplines, as well as between …

Families and genera assigned to Tremellomycetes have been mainly circumscribed by
morphology and for the yeasts also by biochemical and physiological characteristics. This …

This paper presents an updated checklist of the butterflies of Europe, together with their
original name combinations, and their occurrence status in each European country …

In this paper, we provide a phylogenetic overview of Basidiomycota and related phyla in
relation to ten years of DNA based phylogenetic studies since the AFTOL publications in …

Cycads are an ancient group of tropical gymnosperms that are toxic to most animals–
including humans–though the larvae of many moths and butterflies (order: Lepidoptera) feed …

The Lepidoptera species recorded in Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estonia,
Latvia and Lithuania are listed. The history of lepidopterology in the Nordic-Baltic area and …

For centuries, biologists have used phenotypes to infer evolution. For decades, a handful of
gene markers have given us a glimpse of the genotype to combine with phenotypic traits …

Taxa are frequently labeled incertae sedis when their placement is debated at ranks above
the species level, such as their subgeneric, generic, or subtribal placement. This is a …

The Linnaean classification system provides the universal reference system for
communicating about the diversity of life and its hierarchic history. Several limitations that …

The recognition of taxonomic ranks in the Linnean classification system is largely arbitrary.
Some authors have proposed the use of divergence time as a universally standardized …