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EDWARD NATHANIEL BANCROFT'S OBSCURE BOTANICAL PUBLICATIONS AND HIS FATHER'S PLANT NAMES
Author(s) -
Mabberley D. J.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1219382
Subject(s) - passifloraceae , myrtaceae , botany , biology , dalbergia , correct name , geography , passiflora
Summary The plants newly described by E.N. Bancroft, particularly in newspapers, are identified; of these, Cassia porturegalis (Leguminosae) is C. italica (Mill.) Spreng., a name published in 1800. Resulting from a search of early Jamaican botanical literature, overlooked binomials are identified, as are the overlooked names of other Caribbean plants: Psidium wrightii Krug & Urban, non Wright (Myrtaceae) becomes P. parvifolium (Griseb.) Griseb. Names published by Bancroft senior are considered and appended is a list of a further 80 overlooked names of New World plants: all are identified except for some species of Alloplectus, Opuntia, Passiflora and Zea , which remain obscure, while Chaetanthera tenella gives way to C. ramosissima (Compositae).