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THE SUBFAMILIAL, TRIBAL, AND SUBTRIBAL NOMENCLATURE OF THE ASCLEPIADACEAE
Author(s) -
Sundell Eric
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1220286
Subject(s) - nomenclature , casual , rank (graph theory) , genus , zoology , biology , genealogy , evolutionary biology , taxonomy (biology) , history , political science , law , mathematics , combinatorics
Summary During the past 150 years, casual nomenclatural practices have obscured what is generally agreed to be a natural system of suprageneric classification in the Asclepiadaceae. An account of all subfamilial, tribal, and subtribal names published within the family is presented here with an evaluation of their nomenclatural status. Some problems of nomenclatural procedure peculiar to levels above the rank of genus and deriving from the nature of the “nomenclatural type” at these levels are discussed with particular regard to the present selection of available names.