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THE TYPIFICATION OF WALKERA SCHREB. (1789) AND GOMPHIA SCHREB. (1789) (OCHNACEAE)
Author(s) -
Kanis A.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1216414
Subject(s) - typification , nomenclature , synonym (taxonomy) , homonym (biology) , confusion , holotype , biology , botany , taxonomy (biology) , genus , psychology , psychoanalysis
Summary The generic name Walkera Schreb. (1789) (Ochnaceae) must be typified by Meesia serrata Gaertn. (1788). In view of past and present confusion Walkera Schreb. must be considered a later homonym of Walkeria Mill. ex Ehret (1763) under Art. 75 of the present Code of Nomenclature. The holotype of Meesia serrata Gaertn. is at L. The generic name Gomphia Schreb. (1789) must be typified by Ochna zeylanica Lamk (1797), a taxonomic synonym of Meesia serrata Gaertn. The name Campylospermum van Tieghem (1902) is a nomenclatural synonym of Gomphia.