Future
The PhyloCode is controversial, and has inspired downright hostility from some taxonomists. The number of supporters for widespread adoption of the PhyloCode is still small, and it remains unclear, as of 2012, when the code will be implemented (if, indeed, this actually happens) and how widely it will be followed. Some supporters believe that it should only be implemented, at least at first, as a set of rules accompanying the associated registration database, RegNum, and that acceptance by the scientific community may proceed from the popularization of RegNum as a utility for finding clade names and definitions.
A list of published critiques of the PhyloCode can be found on the ISPN's website, as can a list of rebuttals.
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