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USTERIA Willdenow versus USTERIA Medikus
Author(s) -
Leeuwenberg A. J. M.,
Stafleu F. A.
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1217088
Subject(s) - citation , library science , computer science , information retrieval , world wide web
The name listeria was published twice in the year 1790 for entirely different plants: Medikus used it for a new liliaceous genus, often reduced to Scilla L., but now usually regarded as distinct under the name Endymion, whereas Willdenow used it for a new genus of Loganiaceae. The Willdenow name has hitherto been in continuous use and it is therefore of some importance to know whether or not it has priority over the Medikus name. The publications are as follows: