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THE ASCRIPTIONS OF PLUMIER'S FERN PLATES
Author(s) -
Lellinger David B.,
Proctor George R.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1221726
Subject(s) - fern , martinique , identity (music) , genealogy , biology , nomenclature , taxonomy (biology) , geography , history , zoology , ecology , west indies , ethnology , art , aesthetics
Summary Recent research by the authors on West Indian pteridophytes has made it possible to identify for the first time or to correct prior misidentifications of many illustrations of ferns and a few fern‐allies from Hispaniola and Martinique which were published by Plumier in his “Traité des Fougères de l'Amérique.” Many of these plates serve as types for species published by Linnaeus and other early authors, and so their identity is of considerable nomenclatural importance.