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Why conservation of the name Boletus applanatus should be rejected
Author(s) -
Demoulin Vincent
Publication year - 2010
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.591026
Subject(s) - boletus , confusion , taxon , regret , correct name , ganoderma , geography , biology , botany , mathematics , mushroom , statistics , ganoderma lucidum , psychology , food science , psychoanalysis
The proposal by Redhead & al. in Taxon 55: 1029‐1030 (2006) to conserve Boletus applanatus against B. lipsiensis comes anomalously late after acceptance of the name Ganoderma lipsiense as correct for what had been known as G. applanatum s.str. This name was abandoned by careful taxonomists without regret for it has been used in such a variable way that it was, and remains, a permanent source of confusion. The arguments for retaining the presently correct, unambiguous G. lipsiense are presented.