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The neglected name Statice auriculifolia (Plumbaginaceae) and its related names: A long history of nomenclatural intricacy
Author(s) -
Del Guacchio Emanuele,
Erben Matthias,
Caputo Paolo
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.1002/tax.12125
Subject(s) - herbarium , synonym (taxonomy) , basionym , nomenclature , typification , biology , correct name , taxon , genealogy , botany , taxonomy (biology) , history , genus
Abstract The authors studied Statice names derived from the Tournefortianum “Limonium Lusitanicum, Auriculae Ursi folio”. The name S. auriculaeursifolia , basionym of the accepted Limonium auriculaeursifolium , is typified by a specimen in Lamarck's herbarium in Paris. The controversial name S. auriculifolia , often regarded as a synonym of L. auriculaeursifolium , corresponds instead to L. nydeggeri , employed for a narrowly endemic plant of Portugal, and has priority over that name. Statice auriculifolia is lectotypified by a specimen in Tournefort's herbarium. In addition, the related names S. lychnidifolia , S. willdenovii (both illegitimate and synonyms of L. auriculaeursifolium ), and S. ovalifolium are discussed. Finally, the taxon to which the invalid name “ L. ovalifolium subsp. gallicum ” has been applied, has a legitimate name at the specific rank: L. gallicum Domina. This latter name, however, is a taxonomic synonym of L. ovalifolium .