Abstract
The genus Forsellesia was first described as Glossopetalon by Gray, Plantae Wrightianae 2:29. 1853. However, E. L. Greene discovered that the name was a homonym (Glossopetalum, Schreb., Gen. 1:205. 1789) and proposed that the group should be given the generic name Forsellesia, Erythea 1:206. 1893. This name is commemorative of James Henry Forselles, a Swedish mining engineer and botanical writer of the last century. Since Greene's time some authors have used one name and some the other name. Since the International Rules of Nomenclature do not list Glossopetalon in the Nomina Conservanda, and since they do not recognize orthographic variants (Art. 70, note 4; Greek petalon, Latin petalum) I am using the name Forsellesia in this paper.
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