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NOMENCLATURAL NOTES AND LECTOTYPIFICATION OF ALKANNA LUTEA MORIS (BORAGINACEAE)
Author(s) -
Rizzotto Milena
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1222659
Subject(s) - homonym (biology) , synonym (taxonomy) , boraginaceae , biology , botany , genus
Summary Under priority, Alkanna lutea Moris (1845) should be used instead of its later homonym, A. lutea A. DC. (1846), which is, for this reason, illegitimate. Also it is proved that A. lutea A. DC. is a heterotypic synonym of Moris' name. The type of A. lutea Moris is designated.