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The controversial Linnaean name Statice minuta (Plumbaginaceae)
Author(s) -
Iamonico Duilio,
Guacchio Emanuele Del
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.12705/663.13
Subject(s) - mistake , taxon , circumscription , type (biology) , geography , nomenclature , typification , biology , botany , taxonomy (biology) , ecology , law , artificial intelligence , political science , computer science
Abstract The original circumscription and nomenclatural history of Statice minuta are discussed. The taxon nowadays indicated by this name is endemic to the Baleares (Spain, western Mediterranean), but neither the lectotype nor the Linnaean protologue support this usage. The paper clarifies the origin of this mistake and preludes to a formal proposal to conserve the name with a conserved type.