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THE TYPIFICATION OF LINNAEAN PALMS
Author(s) -
Moore Harold E.,
Dransfield John
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1219559
Subject(s) - typification , botany , calamus , phoenix dactylifera , palm , biology , nomenclature , taxonomy (biology) , physics , quantum mechanics
Summary Linnaean species of Palmae were mostly based on the literature. Type specimens or illustrations are indicated for Chamaerops humilis and Corypha thebaica. Previous lectotypifications of Calamus rotang and Elate sylvestris are noted and lectotypes are designated for Borassus flabellifer, Corypha umbraculifera, Cocos nucifera, Phoenix dactylifera, Areca catechu and Caryota urens.