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The recent neotypification and proposal (977) to reject the name Cenchrus carolinianus Walter (Gramineae)
Author(s) -
Nicolson Dan H.,
Wilbur Robert L.
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 - 10.2307/1222992
Subject(s) - nomen dubium , taxon , poaceae , correct name , biology , ecology , botany
Summary The recent neotypification and proposal (977) to reject the name Cenchrus carolinianus Walter (Gramineae). ‐ Taxon 40: 326–330. 1991. ‐ ISBN 0040‐0262 The recent neotypification of Cenchrus carolinianus Walter (1788) should be ignored as unjustifiable in terms of the original circumscription. The rejection proposal should be opposed and Walter's name returned to its historic status of ‘nomen dubium‘. The generally accepted name, C. incertus M. Curtis (1837), may also be threatened by C. spinifex Cav. (1799).