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WILLIAM ROXBURGH'S ‘BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF SWIETENIA (MAHOGANY)‘ AND OTHER OVERLOOKED BINOMIALS IN 36 VASCULAR PLANT FAMILIES
Author(s) -
Mabberley D. J.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1220591
Subject(s) - botany , liliaceae , biology , caryophyllaceae , geraniaceae , correct name , geranium , cultivar
Summary The nomenclatural history of Soymida febrifuga (Meliaceae) is examined and the name shown to be valid, the specific name published by Roxburgh in 1793, the generic, like several other generic names in Meliaceae, by Mirbel and Cassini in 1830, and the combination in 1832. In establishing this, other overlooked binomials were brought to light such that a new combination in Hymenodictyon (Rubiaceae) is necessary. Names published in reports of societies' proceedings are discussed with the result that Barclaya (Nymphaeaceae) becomes Hydrostemma , in which two new combinations are proposed. A list of a further 108 overlooked names of plants, principally from Eurasia, is appended. Their recognition requires that Dianthus erinaceus (Caryophyllaceae) be known as D. webbianus , and Smilax rigida (Liliaceae) becomes S. myrtilius , while one name in Pelargonium (Geraniaceae) remains obscure; the earliest name for Tulipa eichleri (Liliaceae) may be T. persica.