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What happens to Allium saxatile M.Bieb. (Amaryllidaceae)? An unknown story of the well‐known name
Author(s) -
Sennikov Alexander N.,
Seregin Alexey P.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.12705/646.11
Subject(s) - amaryllidaceae , allium , botany , identity (music) , biology , geography , art , aesthetics
The present lectotypification of the Caucasian endemic Allium saxatile M.Bieb. is found ineffective and falling outside the current concept of the species. The original collections of A. saxatile were destroyed during the Russian Civil War, and conservation of this name is suggested to avoid its lectotypification from remaining illustrations which belong to the Siberian species A. stellerianum and A. rubens . This conservation would also remove the illegitimacy of A. saxatile M.Bieb. caused by homonymy with the overlooked earlier name A. saxatile Pall. The original material of A. caucasicum is identified and discussed, and the name is typified with an illustration referable to A. globosum . Two near‐homonyms of A. caucasicum , the originally heterotypic A. caucaseum and A. caucasium are uncovered, and their identity with A. globosum is ascertained.