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The nomenclature of the lycophyte species Phlegmariurus mingcheensis Ching ( Huperziaceae )
Author(s) -
Zhang Li-Bing,
Moore Gerry,
Orchard Anthony E.
Publication year - 2012
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.613014
Subject(s) - lycopodium , nomenclature , holotype , correct name , botany , biology , typification , basionym , philosophy , taxonomy (biology)
In 1982, Ren Chang Ching twice described the same lycophyte species under the names Lycopodium mingcheense (published in April; the original “minchegense” spelling being a correctable error) and Phlegmariurus mingcheensis Ching (published in May). Phlegmariurus mingcheensis cannot be taken as a combination based on Lycopodium mingcheense because in the original publication a different holotype was indicated and the name Lycopodium mingcheense was not mentioned. The correct names for this species in Huperzia, Lycopodium , and Phlegmariurus are Huperzia mingcheensis (Ching) Holub (basionym: Phlegmariurus mingcheensis), Lycopodium mingcheense Ching, and Phlegmariurus mingcheensis Ching, respectively. The recent lectotypification of the name Lycopodium mingcheense using P.S. Chiu 2069 (PE) was redundant since this specimen was clearly indicated as the holotype in Ching’s original publication. The recent new name Phlegmariurus mingjoui X.C. Zhang is an illegitimate superfluous name.