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THE FERN GENUS GYMNOCARPIUM NEWM. AND ITS TYPIFICATION
Author(s) -
Morton C. V.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1218921
Subject(s) - typification , fern , genus , spelling , dryopteris , botany , biology , nomenclature , philosophy , linguistics , taxonomy (biology)
Summary Gymnocarpium Newm. should not be considered an orthographic variant of Gymnocarpos , Forsk. being different etymologically and sufficiently different in spelling and pronunciation not to be confused, since the genera concerned belong to different major groups. The lectotype of Gymnocarpium must be Polypodium dryopteris L. and not G. robertianum as proposed by Holttum. Phegopteris is a legitimate name and not superfluous when published.