Illegitimate Name Research Articles

New green-flowered <i>Aa</i> (Cranichideae) from Peru

A new species from the Peruvian Andes, Aa olivacea, is described and illustrated. Information concerning distribution, habitat, ecology, and conservation status is provided. The new species is similar to A. hieronymi by its dense spikes of dark green and brown flowers with translucent whitish floral bracts; but differs from it by its elliptic to lanceolate leaves, 60 to 100-flowered spikes, glabrous rachis, lateral sepals with the margin entire to occasionally minutely erose near the apex, petals with slightly erose to sinuate apical margin, lip unlobed with lacerate to erose margin, and ovary with scarce hairs. Furthermore, A. tenebrosa is proposed as a synonym of A. hieronymi, A. nigrescens is recognized as a distinct species from A. leucantha, and A. lehmannii is confirmed to be an illegitimate, superfluous name for A. leucantha.

Eugenia neolatifolia, a new name for an Amazonian Myrtaceae

Eugenia neolatifolia is proposed as a replacing name for Eugenia aubletiana, an illegitimate name. Additionally, there are presented an extended description of the species, its taxonomic history and a key for distinguishing it from morphologically close species.

A taxonomic revision of Tillandsia (Tillandsioideae, Bromeliaceae) from Uruguay

A taxonomic revision of the genus Tillandsia (Bromeliaceae) from Uruguay is here presented based on the examination of herbarium specimens, field surveys, and an extensive analysis of taxonomic literature. Nineteen taxa are recognized: 17 species, one subspecies, and one natural hybrid. A new identification key for all the species of Tillandsia occurring in the country is presented. Data on nomenclature (correct names, types, synonyms used in Uruguay) are provided for each taxon, along with detailed morphological descriptions, vernacular names, distribution and habitat information (global and local), phenology, conservation assessment, diagnostic characters, and nomenclatural and taxonomical notes. This information is complemented with images, illustrations of floral parts, maps showing species distribution in Uruguay, and a phenological diagram. Tillandsia arequitae and T. uruguayensis are endemic to Uruguay, and five species reach their southern limit of distribution in the country (T. bandensis, T. geminiflora, T. ixioides, T. loliacea, and T. stricta). Tillandsia capillaris and T. virescens are registered as exotic and subspontaneous. A new natural hybrid between T. aëranthos and T. recurvifolia is described. Three species previously cited for Uruguay (T. crocata, T. lorentziana, and T. streptocarpa) are excluded or cited as doubtful species for the country. Tillandsia bicolor is discarded as a synonym of T. aëranthos, and T. dianthoidea is considered for the first time as an illegitimate superfluous name. Lectotypes for Tillandsia arequitae (second-step), T. capillaris, T. circinalis (second-step), T. cordobensis (second-step), T. duratii, T. geminiflora (second-step), T. hieronymi (second-step), T. ixioides, T. microxiphion, T. recurvata, T. stricta (second-step), T. tricholepis (second-step) and T. virescens, as well as an epitype for T. aëranthos are designated.

Proposal of Paenimyroides marinum (Song et al. 2013) comb. nov. to replace the illegitimate name Paenimyroides aquimaris (García-López et al. 2020) Zhang et al. 2023.

In this article, the author addresses the issue of nomenclatural illegitimacy of Paenimyroides aquimaris (García-López et al. 2020) Zhang et al. 2023. This name was formed without re-establishment of the earlier legitimate epithet marinum and should be considered to be illegitimate according to Rule 41a. As required by Rule 54, the author proposes Paenimyroides marinum (Song et al. 2013) as a new combination to replace the illegitimate name Paenimyroides aquimaris.

The taxonomy and nomenclature associated with Kalanchoe adelae (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae)

The taxonomy and nomenclature associated with the name Kalanchoe adelae (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae) are discussed and clarified. The only material mentioned by Raymond-Hamet when the name K. adelae was treated in the second part of his two-part monograph of the genus was “M. [Mr] Humblot, no 1570”. Four specimens collected by Léon Joseph Henry [Henri] Humblot (1852–1914), under his collecting number ‘1570’, all of them syntypes, which were annotated with the name K. adelae, as well as, in det., with the illegitimate name K. floribunda Tulasne, non Wight & Walker-Arnot, for that matter, are held at Herb. P. An attempted re-typification of the name K. adelae by Bernard Descoings in 2003 on material collected by [Mr Louis-Hyacinthe] Boivin (1808–1852) was not effective.

A Note on <i>Potentilla wallichiana</i> Del. Ex Lehm. Var. Ternata Wolf (Rosaceae) from Eastern India

Potentilla wallichiana Delile ex Lehm. (1831) is established as a later homonym of P. wallichiana Ser. (1825). Consequently, P. wallichiana var. ternata Wolf (1908), non P. ternata C. Koch (1847), a legitimate infra-specific taxon of an illegitimate name, is raised to the species rank and is described here as P. khasiana C. B. Clarke ex B. K. Dixit et Panigrahi. A key to distinguish it from the allied taxon, P. sundaica (Bl.) 0. Kuntze is provided.

Nomenclatural Notes on <I>Leucostegia Yaklaensis</I> Bedd. Nom. Illeg. (Pterldophyta)

Leucostegia yaklaensis Bedd. (1892) is established, under Art. 7.11 and Art. 63.1, as an illegitimate name for Athyrium andersoni (C. B. Clarke) Panigr. et S. K. Basu [Asplenium ander-sonii C. B. Clarke (1876)]. Typification of both the taxa is discussed and C. B. Clarke 27426 from Tonglo (K) is selected as the lectotype of Asplenium andersonii C. B. Clarke.

Taxonomic Notes on Plaoiogyria Scandens Mett. and <I>P. pycnophylla</I> (Kunze) Mett

The nomenclature and taxonomy of Plagiogyria scandens Mett. and P. pycnophylla (Kunze) Mett. have been discussed and P. communis Ching is considered a superfluous name for P. scandens.

A critical review and taxonomic assessment of Rafflesia lagascae (Rafflesiaceae), a superfluous and illegitimate name

The name Rafflesia lagascae Blanco has been subject to misinterpretation and incorrect taxonomic evaluation by many authors including Merrill (1918) who regarded it (and R. philippensis) as a synonym of R. manillana Teschem. (Madulid & Agoo 2015a). The name was resurrected by Pelser et al. (2013) as the earlier correct name of R. panchoana Madulid, Buot & Agoo, but this is questioned as supporting discussion of the case was not provided. This present paper reveals that R. lagascae Blanco is in fact a duplication of R. philippensis Blanco. As such, R. lagascae is a superfluous and illegitimate name and should be rejected following the International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi and Plants. The correct name of the Rafflesia in Mt. Makiling and other parts of Luzon is R. panchoana Madulid, Buot & Agoo.

Revisiting the infrageneric classification of Garcinia L. (Clusiaceae): an updated sectional name and new, legitimate names in Garcinia for Allanblackiagabonensis (Pellegr.) Bamps and A.parviflora A.Chev.

In a recent publication dealing with the sectional-level taxonomy of Garcinia, an illegitimate superfluous sectional name and two illegitimate homonyms were published. Herein we choose a legitimate sectional name, GarciniasectionRheediopsis Pierre, for the superfluous name GarciniasectionRheedia (L.) S.W.Jones ex P.W.Sweeney; and create two new legitimate names in Garcinia for Allanblackiagabonensis (Pellegr.) Bamps and A.parviflora A.Chev.

The correct name for Desmodium rotundifolium Baker in Desmodiastrum (Desmodieae: Fabaceae)

Meibomia bakeriana Kuntze is the earliest legitimate species name available for Baker's illegitimate Desmodium rotundifolium. Alysicarpus rotundifolius Dalzell ex Prain and Desmodium ritchiei Sanjappa are illegitimate superfluous names for the same species, whereas Desmodiastrum rotundifolium (A.Pramanik and Thoth.) Sanjappa cannot be used because of the lack of priority. H. Ohashi and K. Ohashi published an isonym in Desmodiastrum. The new combination Desmodiastrum bakerianum (Kuntze) Kottaim. is proposed here in order to provide a correct name for the species occurring in India.

An Annotated Checklist of Cyrtandra, Cyrtandropsis and Sepikea (Gesneriaceae) in New Guinea

SummaryNinety-two New Guinea Cyrtandra J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. names, nine Cyrtandropsis Lauterb. names and one species of Sepikea Schltr. are recognised here, presented in alphabetical order with notes on typification based on the literature and preliminary herbarium observations. A new name, Cyrtandra schlechteri, is proposed for the illegitimate name C. glabrata Schltr. Lectotypes are selected for 66 Cyrtandra names and nine Cyrtandropsis names; neotypes are designated for four Cyrtandra names. Seventeen Cyrtandra names and eight Cyrtandropsis names are considered incertae sedis due to missing type material.

Neottiamaolanensis, a replacement name for Neottiabifida M.N.Wang (Orchidaceae).

According to Articles 53.1 of the International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants (Shenzhen Code), Neottiabifida M.N.Wang (as 'bifidus'; PhytoKeys 229: 222, 2023) is an illegitimate name, and hence a new name Neottiamaolanensis M. N. Wang is proposed here.

Some superfluous names recently proposed involving the Sino-Himalayan Anemone rupestris (Ranunculaceae)

Based on literature survey, we demonstrate that the name Anemone rupestris Jacquemont ex Cambessedes in the Ranunculaceae has never been validly published and thus has no status in nomenclature. This name is not a later homonym of A. rupestris Wallich ex Hooker & Thomson, the correct name of a widely distributed Sino-Himalayan species. Anemone neorupestris and the four resultant names, A. neorupestris subsp. neorupestris, A. neorupestris subsp. neorupestris var. neorupestris, A. neorupestris subsp. neorupestris var. latifolia and A. neorupestris subsp. gelida, therefore, are all superfluous and illegitimate. In order to prevent their wide use and avoid nomenclatural confusion, we propose to synonymize all these names herein. Lectotypification is proposed for the name A. gelida.

(2955) Proposal to conserve the name Didymium against Mucilago and Spumaria (Physarales, Myxomycetes)

(2955) Proposal to conserve the name <i>Didymium</i> against <i>Mucilago</i> and <i>Spumaria</i> (<i>Physarales</i>, <i>Myxomycetes</i>)

(2961) Proposal to conserve Bellucia, nom. cons., against the additional names Myriaspora and Loreya (Melastomataceae: Henrietteeae)

(2961) Proposal to conserve <i>Bellucia</i>, nom. cons., against the additional names <i>Myriaspora</i> and <i>Loreya</i> (<i>Melastomataceae</i>: <i>Henrietteeae</i>)

(218–220) Proposals to authorize binding decisions to be implemented upon General Committee approval of a recommendation, subject to ratification by a later International Botanical Congress

(218–220) Proposals to authorize binding decisions to be implemented upon General Committee approval of a recommendation, subject to ratification by a later International Botanical Congress

(105) Request for a binding decision on whether Sabbata Vell. (Asteraceae) and Sabatia Adans. (Gentianaceae) are sufficiently alike to be confused

(105) Sabatia Adans. (1763) [Angiosp.: Gentian.] Sabbata Vell. (1829) [Angiosp.: Comp.] During our studies on Vellozo's taxa, we found a problem involving the spelling of a generic name described by him. Checking this name more closely, we found that there are at least three generic names honoring the same person, Liberato Sabbati, an 18th-century Italian botanist who was the Keeper of the botanical garden in Rome. All of them were published with different spellings. These names are: Sabatia Adans. (Fam. Pl. 2: 503. 1763), sometimes used as ‘Sabbatia’; Sabbatia Moench (Methodus: 386. 1794), and Sabbata Vell. (Fl. Flumin.: 352. 1829). Sabatia Adans. (Gentianaceae) is accepted as a name in current use, including about 20 species from North America. Sabbatia Moench (Lamiaceae) was described including only Sabbatia corymbosa Moench, a superfluous name, Moench citing as a synonym the legitimate name Satureja juliana L. (Sp. Pl.: 567. 1753) (≡ Micromeria juliana (L.) Benth. ex Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 311. 1831). The generic name Sabbatia Moench, although older, was not considered to threaten Micromeria Benth. (in Edwards's Bot. Reg.: ad t. 1282. 1829), nom. cons., because it was treated as a later homonym of Sabatia Adans. (Babu in Taxon 18: 733–734. 1969), a view reflected in the ING (https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/ing/) entry: “Sabbatia Moench, Meth. 386. 4 Mai 1794 (non Sabatia Adanson 1763)”, which should, therefore, be maintained (second sentence of Art. 53.2 of the ICN; Turland & al. in Regnum Veg. 159. 2018). Sabbata Vell. was originally published including only Sabbata romana, because Florae Fluminensis was only partially published in 1829, ending on page 352 where not only Sabbata appears but also the one binomial, Sabbata romana Vell., at the end of the page. The other name, Sabbata polyphylla Vell., first appeared illustrated in a plate published in Vellozo (Fl. Flumin. Icones 8: t. 95. 1831), but without any detail to be considered an analysis according to Art. 38.9. Sabbata polyphylla was published only in the complete version of Florae Fluminensis in 1881. Therefore, Sabbata romana is the type of Sabbata Vell. Taxonomically, Sabbata romana has been found to be conspecific with Exostigma notobellidiastrum (Griseb.) G. Sancho (in Syst. Bot. 37: 517. 2012), based on Conyza notobellidiastrum Griseb. (in Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 177. 1879). Consequently, Sabbata Vell. would have the priority to displace the currently correct generic name, Exostigma G. Sancho (l.c.: 516), with its two species. Therefore, it is important to determine the legitimacy of Sabbata Vell. Sabatia Adans. and Sabbata Vell. are both incorrect Latinizations for honoring “Sabbati”. According to Art. 60, Ex. 7, and Rec. 60B.1(a), both names should have been spelled Sabbatia. However, Sabatia Adans. has been in use with that spelling since it was described. Although listed only in a few dictionaries (e.g., Willis, Dict. Fl. Pl., ed. 4: 579. 1919) or nomenclators (e.g., Steudel, Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2: 489. 1841; Pfeiffer, Nomencl. Bot. 2: 1013. 1874; Jackson, Index Kew. 2: 772. 1895) since it was published, Sabbata Vell. competes for priority with Exostigma G. Sancho, and because of this situation, a binding decision is necessary to decide if Sabatia Adans. and Sabbata Vell. are homonyms or not. If they were considered homonyms, Exostigma is already available to be applied to the genus described by Vellozo, although a new combination, based on Sabbata romana, will be required for its type. JFP, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4134-7345 AS, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5788-2970 AMT, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1370-044X JP, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4783-3125 JFP and JP gratefully acknowledge financial support by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) (grants 302972/2020-0 and 307931/2021-8, respectively). AS is thankful for financial support by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior-Brasil (CAPES) via a master's degree scholarship grant.

(2946) Proposal to conserve the name Iris latifolia (Mill.) Voss (Iridaceae) against I. latifolia Heer (fossil Iridaceae)

(2946) Proposal to conserve the name <i>Iris latifolia</i> (Mill.) Voss (<i>Iridaceae</i>) against <i>I. latifolia</i> Heer (fossil <i>Iridaceae</i>)

Typification of Linnaean names in the Malvoideae (Malvaceae)

AbstractTypes are designated for the names of four species of Malvoideae (Malvaceae); three described by Linnaeus and one by Jacquin. The names of the three species described by Linnaeus are typified by lectotypes (Alcea ficifolia, Hibiscus aethiopica) and a neotype (H. surattensis). A fourth Linnaean name, Sida triquetra, is an illegitimate superfluous name for S. trisulcata, a Jacquin name for which a neotype is selected.