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The nomenclatural status of Holodiscus Maxim. (Rosaceae) , with a proposal (1005) to reject Sericotheca Raf
Author(s) -
Silva Paul C.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1222781
Subject(s) - maxim , homonym (biology) , confusion , genus , biology , genealogy , nomenclature , linguistics , zoology , taxonomy (biology) , philosophy , history , psychology , epistemology , psychoanalysis
Summary Silva, P. C.: The nomenclatural status of Holodiscus Maxim. (Rosaceae) , with a proposal (1005) to reject Sericotheca Raf. ‐ Taxon 40: 638–642. 1991. ‐ ISSN 0040‐0262. Holodiscus Maxim. was originally conserved, in 1905, against Schizonotus Raf., which subsequently was shown to be a later homonym and was therefore deleted as a rejected name. Despite its conserved status, Holodiscus must yield to Sericotheca Raf. when the genus is circumscribed to include H. argenteus , the type of the latter generic name. In view of the confusion that may arise when Sericotheca is used as the correct name while Holodiscus remains in the list of conserved names, it is proposed to add Sericotheca as a rejected name under Holodiscus. It is also proposed to accredit the conserved name directly to Maximowicz, as the name was originally conserved, rather than to (K. Koch) Maximowicz as initiated in 1961 in the Montreal Code.