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THE CORRECT NAME OF THE COMMON REED
Author(s) -
Clayton W. D.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1216507
Subject(s) - phragmites , arundo donax , correct name , botany , biology , ecology , wetland , biofuel
Summary The correct name of the Common Reed, usually called Phragmites communis Trin. is P. australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steudel. The Common Reed is rightly regarded as based upon a Linnaean species ( Arundo phragmites Linn., 1753), and one is inclined to forget that, owing to the operation of the tautonym rule, the current name ( Phragmites communis Trin.) dates only from 1820. This may explain why the existence of an earlier name has been overlooked.