Nomenclatural Novelties Research Articles

Papaver recircumscribed: A review of neighbouring Papaveraceae genera, including Afropapaver nom. et stat. nov. and Oreomecon, a large, Arctic-Alpine genus.

Papaveraceae tribus Papavereae includes an American and a mainly Eurasian group of genera. The latter is proposed here to include eight genera. Amongst these, the recently described genus Oreomecon is phylogenetically a sister group to Meconopsis, a genus from Himalaya and central China, which is reviewed here as including 95 species and 21 subspecies. By contrast, Oreomecon has a circumpolar northern alpine and Arctic distribution, including incompletely understood taxa, many threatened by climatic warming. Based on a review of literature and phylogenies, it is proposed here that Oreomecon includes 68 species and 29 subspecies. Oreomeconaurantiaca, O.cornwallisensis, O.keelei, O.ochotensis and O.uschakovii, 29 subspecies and four varieties are placed in Oreomecon here, 29 of these as recombinations, the remaining ones as nomenclatural novelties. A total of 21 existing Oreomecon names are placed into synonymy. The taxonomically challenging O.alpina group from Central Europe is treated as comprising three species, with the remaining entities positioned at the subspecies level pending further studies. The much-studied Nordic species O.radicata is treated with eight subspecies here, based on morphometric studies, whereas four accepted entities are provisionally recombined at the variety level. The name Papavertenellum and the basionyms of Oreomeconalborosea, O.alpinasubsp.corona-sancti-stephani, O.alpinasubsp.degenii, O.anomala, O.lapeyrouseanasubsp.endressii, O.lapponicasubsp.laestadiana and O.nivalis are lectotypified here. Two replacement names, Oreomeconalpinasubsp.markgrafiana and O.radicatasubsp.knabeniana, are introduced. Papaver, as currently understood, is recircumscribed here to represent four genera. The isolated sectionHorrida, from southern Africa, is raised to genus level with the new name Afropapaver and its only species is recombined as Afropapaveraculeatum. Papaversect.Californica from California and adjacent Mexico is treated as the genus Stylomecon. The name has been applied to one of the two species of this group and we now recombine the other one as S.crassifolia, based on an older basionym replacing Papavercalifornicum. Papavercambricum is accepted in its alternative position as the monotypic genus Parameconopsis. As reviewed here, Papaver comprises 59 species and 14 subspecies and is only the third-largest genus in the group. Based on the distribution of its closest relatives and oldest sections, it is hypothesised here that Papaver arose in the western Mediterranean. Its poricidal capsule dehiscence serves as an excellent adaptation to seed dispersal in open, arid environments, possibly explaining its later success in the Türkiye-Caucasus-Middle East area, where its diversity both at species and section level is highest.

Index of taxonomic and nomenclatural novelties

Index of taxonomic and nomenclatural novelties

Novelties in nomenclature and typification appearing in Phycological Research 72 (3).

Novelties in nomenclature and typification appearing in <i>Phycological Research</i> 72 (3).

Checklist of colourless euglenoids of the Czech Republic, with several taxonomic additions

This study presents the results of a complex survey of freshwater heterotrophic euglenoids in the Czech Republic, including both literature data and own field surveys of 469 sites visited in the course of three years. The checklist includes 189 taxa in 28 genera: Anisonema (10), Astasia (26), Atraktomonas (1), Calycimonas (2), Chasmostoma (1), Dinematomonas (3), Distigma (8), Dylakosoma (1), Entosiphon (4), Euglena (1), Gyropaigne (1), Heteronema (19), Jenningsia (11), Khawkinea (1), Lepocinclis (1), Menoidium (7), Neometanema (3), Notosolenus (18), Petalomonas (40), Phacus (1), Ploeotia (2), Pseudoperanema (7), Rhabdomonas (5), Scytomonas (1), Sphenomonas (5), Teloprocta (1) Tropidocyphus (1), Urceolus (4), and 4 species of uncertain identity. In addition, a general description of habitat types in which the taxa were found and a review of the current taxonomy and nomenclature of included taxa are provided. Several taxonomic and nomenclatural novelties are proposed, based on the review of morphological features, mostly applying to the genera Notosolenus and Jenningsia.

“Parting is such sweet sorrow [...]”, or the perils of publishing papers in parts: the case of the nomenclatural novelties published by Raymond Hamet (1890–1972) in his two-part monograph (1907, 1908) of Kalanchoe (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae), with special reference to the new names and new combinations treated (but not first published) in part 2

When still a teenager, Raymond Hamet (1890–1972) published a two-part, 64-page monograph of Kalanchoe (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae) in which 51 accepted species, one accepted nothospecies, and ten species of unresolved application (“Species non satis notæ”) were included. The first part of the monograph appeared in November 1907 and the second (and final) part was published in January 1908. In addition to treating the three new names that were unambiguously validly published in part 1, Hamet (in 1907) also mentioned and provided sufficient descriptive text to validly publish one new name and one of the two new combinations that were only formally treated in part 2 (in 1908). This matter is addressed to determine the correct dates and bibliographic citations for the nomenclatural novelties included in his monograph of Kalanchoe. It is shown that, with one exception, K. crenata (Baker 1883: 139) Hamet (1908: 19), nom. illeg. [here deliberately cited with its author attribution], all the names of new taxa and one new combination were validly published in part 1 (November 1907) of the monograph, despite some only being formally treated taxonomically in January 1908. In addition, despite disparate references to K. tieghemii in the second part of the monograph, i.e., the part published in January 1908, this name was also validly published in 1907 and not much later in 1914, as has been supposed.

Novelties in nomenclature and typification appearing in Phycological Research 72 (2).

Novelties in nomenclature and typification appearing in <i>Phycological Research</i> 72 (2).

Index of taxonomic and nomenclatural novelties

Index of taxonomic and nomenclatural novelties

Problems with the availability of zoological nomenclatural acts published online: the case of the Journal of Herpetology

In September 2012, the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature was amended in order to allow the online publication of new nomina and nomenclatural acts, provided some conditions are respected. One of them is that such electronic publications be pre- and postregistered in the database Zoobank, and that this registration be mentioned in their PDFs. Unfortunately, these requirements were ignored by part of the international community of zootaxonomists and of publishers. Here we draw the attention to the fact that the famous Journal of Herpetology, which has been published only online since 2021, has since then not respected them in most (10 out of 13) of its taxonomic papers including nomenclatural novelties, thus failing to provide nomenclatural availability to them.

Holoparasitic Orobanchaceae in Georgia (Caucasus): taxonomic revision, diversity, distribution, habitats and host range

This study represents the first comprehensive monograph of the tribe Orobancheae (Orobanchaceae) in the four holoparasitic genera, Cistanche, Phelypaea, Phelipanche, and Orobanche, in Georgia. This country, as a part of the Caucasus, is one of the most important biodiversity centres in the world and includes poorly understood holoparasitic plants. Species delimitations are re-evaluated on the basis of critical observations on seven years of field work and examination of ca. 1000 herbarium sheets from 50 herbaria. Our work has resulted in the recognition of 33 species, among which 13 are endemic to the Caucasus. We present information on their distribution, localities, habitat, phenology, host range, images from the field, nomenclatural acts (taxonomic clarifications, proposals for new synonymisations, new combinations, lectotypifications), as well as a key for identification and preliminary geospatial conservation assessments for all species based on IUCN criteria. Lectotypes are designated for Cistanche fissa, C. sintenisii, Orobanche salsa var. ambigua f. fissa, O. salsa var. ambigua f. longiloba, O. coelestis f. confinis, O. ramosa var. penicillata, O. coerulescens, O. buhsei, O. glabrata, O. minor, O. libanotidis, O. flava; neotype for O. owerinii; nomenclatural novelties, new combinations and/or a name at new rank: O. doriae, Orobanche subg. Gamosepalae, Orobanche sect. Arcuatae.

Index of taxonomic and nomenclatural novelties

Index of taxonomic and nomenclatural novelties

Novelties in nomenclature and typification appearing in Phycological Research 71 (3)

Novelties in nomenclature and typification appearing in <i>Phycological Research</i> 71 (3)

Novelties in nomenclature and typification appearing in Phycological Research 71 (2).

Novelties in nomenclature and typification appearing in <i>Phycological Research</i> 71 (2).

Nomenclatural novelties appearing in Taxon 72 (1)

TAXONVolume 72, Issue 1 p. 218-218 NOMENCLATURE COMMUNICATIONS Nomenclatural novelties appearing in Taxon 72 (1) First published: 07 February 2023 https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12877 First published as part of this issue. See online for details. Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume72, Issue1February 2023Pages 218-218 RelatedInformation

Re-evaluation of Cerebropollenites thiergartii Eberh.Schulz 1967 and related taxa: priority of Sciadopityspollenites and nomenclatural novelties

The important marker species for the base of the Jurassic, Cerebropollenites thiergartii, occurs contemporaneously with at least nine related taxa. However, their distinction is difficult and has been confused in the past. In addition, a long history of numerous recombinations with different genus names (e.g. Tsugaepollenites and Sciadopityspollenites), and inconsistent classifications or synonymisations, further complicate the taxonomic framework of Cerebropollenites thiergartii. A comprehensive study of these ten taxa, summarising their crucial distinctive characteristics and potential synonymy, is currently missing. This limits the stratigraphic value of Cerebropollenites thiergartii and associated taxa relevant to the Triassic–Jurassic transition. Here, we revisit relevant holotype material, related taxa and investigated new material for potential interspecific and intraspecific morphological variation. Based on an empirical analysis of name use and an extensive literature review, we identified previous sources of confusion, re-evaluated the distinctive characteristics and stratigraphic value of these taxa, and their relevance for the Triassic–Jurassic transition. Finally, we argue that the recombination as Sciadopityspollenites thiergartii is taxonomically and nomenclaturally imperative, not only due to priority, but also because it unifies previous disjunct use of Cerebropollenites for Mesozoic and Sciadopityspollenites for Cenozoic taxa, or Mesozoic species in many Russian studies. Thus, we propose a series of nomenclatural novelties: Sciadopityspollenites emend., Sciadopityspollenites thiergartii comb. nov. et emend., S. thiergartii ssp. nov. thiergartii, S. thiergartii ssp. multiverrucosus stat. nov., S. megaorbicularius sp. nov., S. carlylensis comb. nov. et emend., S. serratus emend., S. macroverrucosus emend., S. mesozoicus emend., Cryptopalynites gen. nov., Cryptopalynites pseudomassulae comb. nov. et emend.

Novelties in nomenclature and typification appearing in Phycological Research 71 (1).

Novelties in nomenclature and typification appearing in <i>Phycological Research</i> 71 (1).

New records and nomenclatural novelties for three species of Agrostis (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae) from Central and South America and assessment on their conservation status

This paper reports seven new records of Agrostis in Central and South America: A. boyacensis in Bolivia, Peru and Venezuela; A. lenis in Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela; and A. mertensii in Costa Rica. The lectotype of Agrostis williamsii is herein designated. This contribution includes synonymy, iconography, geographic distribution and habitat, phenology, conservation status according to IUCN categories of threat, uses, and a list of additional specimens examined.

Index of taxonomic and nomenclatural novelties

Index of taxonomic and nomenclatural novelties

Taxonomic and nomenclatural novelties in some Cactaceae of Greater Antilles

The recently debated identity and incertus status of Cereus serruliflorus, Opuntia taylorii, O. tuna. and of its presumed close relatives, O. dillenii and O. jamaicensis from the Caribbean region, are here investigated to clarify the correct application of the names through an analysis of the protologues, original material, and examination of other specimens. One new endemic species to Jamaica (O. kingstoniana) was described; O. repens subsp. taylorii comb. nov. is proposed; an epitipe was designated for Cactus tuna (≡ O. tuna) and Cereus serruliflorus (≡ Serrulatocereus serrulatus); O. jamaicensis is here accepted as a valid species, distinct from O. tuna sensu auct.

Fungal names: a comprehensive nomenclatural repository and knowledge base for fungal taxonomy.

Fungal taxonomy is a complex and rapidly changing subject, which makes proper naming of fungi challenging for taxonomists. A registration platform with a standardized and information-integrated database is a powerful tool for efficient research on fungal taxonomy. Fungal Names (FN, https://nmdc.cn/fungalnames/; launched in 2011) is one of the three official fungal nomenclatural repositories authorized by the International Nomenclature Committee for Fungi (NCF). Currently, FN includes >567 000 taxon names from >10 000 related journals and books published since 1596 and covers >147 000 collection records of type specimens/illustrations from >5000 preserving agencies. FN is also a knowledge base that integrates nomenclature information with specimens, culture collections and herbaria/fungaria, publications and taxonomists, and represents a summary of the history and recent advances in fungal taxonomy. Published fungal names are categorized based on well-accepted nomenclature rules and can be readily searched with different keywords and strategies. In combination with a standardized name checking tool and a sequence alignment-based identification package, FN makes the registration and typification of nomenclatural novelties of fungi convenient and accurate.

Novelties in nomenclature and typification appearing in Phycological Research 70 (4)

Novelties in nomenclature and typification appearing in <i>Phycological Research</i> 70 (4)