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Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Festuca ( Poaceae ): the Festuca vizzavonae and " F. cyrnea " problem
Author(s) -
Signorini M. Adele,
Foggi Bruno,
Nardi Enio
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 - 10.2307/3647460
Subject(s) - festuca , taxon , festuca rubra , biology , botany , nomenclature , poaceae , rank (graph theory) , sensu , taxonomy (biology) , genus , combinatorics , mathematics
Morphological and karyological features show that Festuca vizzavonae and F. rubra var. cyrnea St. Yves & Litard. are taxonomic synonyms and that F. vizzavonae would be the correct name for this taxon at the rank of species. As this name has, however, been generally considered synonymous with F. alpina subsp. briquetii (/F. alfrediana) , this would result in a confusing, and therefore disadvantageous, nomenclatural change. A proposal to reject F. vizzavonae is, therefore, being made.