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Nomenclatural notes on Ancistrocactus (Cactaceae)
Author(s) -
Doweld Alexander,
Greuter Werner
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1223716
Subject(s) - taxon , genus , type (biology) , correct name , genealogy , nomenclature , biology , type species , key (lock) , zoology , botany , geography , taxonomy (biology) , ecology , history
Summary Doweld, A. & Greuter, W.: Nomenclatural notes on Ancistrocactus (Cactaceae) . ‐ Taxon 50: 875–877. 2001. ‐ ISSN 0040‐0262. Ancistrocactus , a name first published by Britton and Rose in 1923, is best treated as based on Schumann's Echinocactus subg. Ancistrocactus , not as the name of a new genus. Consequently, Britton and Rose's original type designation cannot stand, nor can the next subsequent published choice by Taylor in 1979, as neither is of an element included in Schumann's protologue. Echinocactus scheeri Salm‐Dyck is here proposed to provide the type of both the subgeneric and generic name. This choice conforms to the provisions of the ICBN and does not impinge on the application of the name Ancistrocactus , which, under the narrow generic concept currently again accepted by some, remains correct for Britton & Rose's genus.