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TYPIFICATION OF THE OAK ( QUERCUS ) TAXA DESCRIBED BY S. B. BUCKLEY (1809–1884)
Author(s) -
Dorr Laurence J.,
Nixon Kevin C.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1221780
Subject(s) - typification , herbarium , taxon , nomenclature , geography , fagaceae , botany , type (biology) , taxonomy (biology) , archaeology , biology , ecology
Summary A search of 24 herbaria for material relevant to the typification of 9 oak ( Quercus ) names published by S. B. Buckley (1809–1884) produced little authentic material. We therefore designate lectotypes for three names, Q. annulata, Q. mohriana and Q. vaseyana , and neotypes for four names, Q. durandii, Q. san‐sabeana, Q. shumardii and Q. texana. Two names, Q. durandii var. san sabia (sic) and Q. rubra var. texana , proposed by Buckley were new combinations and are typified by their basionyms. Quercus texana Buckley, as originally described, appears to be conspecific with Q. nuttallii Palmer of eastern Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas and has priority over the latter name. The name Q. texana has been consistently misapplied, by its author and others, to a species of oak that occurs in central Texas and southeastern Oklahoma. This oak has no valid name and is therefore described as new, Quercus buckleyi Nixon and Dorr. Historical information concerning Buckley's collecting activities, especially as they pertain to his new species of oak, is also provided.