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NOMENCLATURAL NOTES ON GREWIA MICROCOS L. NOM. ILLEG. (TILIACEAE)
Author(s) -
Panigrahi G.
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 - 10.2307/1222223
Subject(s) - grewia , subgenus , synonym (taxonomy) , botany , biology , traditional medicine , genus , medicine
Summary Microcos L. is treated as a subgenus of Grewia L. Grewia microcos L. (1767) is recognized as nom. superfl. illeg., because Linnaeus (1767) cited M. paniculata L. (1753) as an obligate synonym. Due to prior existence of G. tomentosa Juss. (1804), G. paniculata Roxb. ex DC. (1824) has to be considered a ‘nom. nov.‘ for M. tomentosa Smith (1813), although Candolle cited the latter as a direct synonym. In the circumstances, Grewia nervosa (Lour.) comb. nov. based on Fallopia nervosa Lour. (1790), the earliest available synonym, is proposed to replace G. microcos L. (≡ M. paniculata L.).