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Rhizocaulites , a new name for Rhizocaulon R. C. Mehrotra (2000), non Rhizocaulon Saporta (1861)
Author(s) -
Mehrotra Rakesh C.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/3647362
Subject(s) - homonym (biology) , araceae , biology , zoology , geography , botany , genus
Rhizocaulon R. C. Mehrotra (fossil ? Araceae ) is a later homonym of Rhizocaulon Saporta (fossil ? Poaceae ) published in 1861 and is, therefore, illegitimate. A new generic name Rhizocaulites is proposed here as a replacement.