Premna menglaensis, a new name for Premna laevigata C. Y. Wu (Lamiaceae)

The genus Premna Linnaeus (1771: 587) contains about 200 species and is distributed in Old World tropics and subtropics with 46 species in China (Chen & Gilbert 1994). After being transferred from the Verbenaceae to the Lamiaceae, the genus becomes one of the biggest genera of the mint family (Harley et al. 2004), and now ranks among the more taxonomically difficult and complicated genera of Lamiaceae. Premna laevigata C. Y. Wu (1977: 440) was described from collections from Mengla County, Yunnan Province, China. However, the name was not validly published in the original description (Wu 1977) because three collections were simultaneously designated as types (i.e. H.T.Tsai 59-11098 was assigned as the flowering type, and S.J.Pei 59-11239 and, 59-13345 as fruiting types) which is contrary to articles 40.1 and 40.2 of the International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi and Plants (ICN) (McNeill et al. 2012). In the Catalogue of type specimens (Cormophyta) in the herbaria of China (Jin 1994), this name was validated by designating H. T. Tsai 59-11098 as the holotype. Unfortunately, it is still an illegitimate name according article 53.1 of the ICN because the name is a later homonym of P. laevigata Miquel (1858: 895), based on material from Indonesia (Sumatra). However this was not realised in either Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae (Chen 1982), or in Flora of China (Chen & Gilbert 1994). After checking the type material of both names, it is concluded that the two homonyms apply to two totally unrelated taxa. Therefore, the Chinese species requires a new name which is proposed below.

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Carex panduranganii, a new name for Carex nilagirica Viji, Pandur., Deepu & G.C. Tucker (Cyperaceae)

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.269.2.6 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 269 (2) ◽

pp. 127

Author(s):

CHINNAMADASAMY KALIDASS

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Tamil Nadu ◽

International Code ◽

New Name ◽

Code Of Nomenclature ◽

The World ◽

A New Species ◽

International Code Of Nomenclature

Carex Linnaeus (1753: 972) is one of the largest genera of angiosperms with more than 2000 species in the world (Reznicek 1990, Goetghebeur 1998). In India, Karthikeyan et al. (1989) and Prasad & Singh (2002) reported 160 species, 1 subspecies and 29 varieties. Recently, Viji et al. (2016) recorded a new species from Tamil Nadu which is new to the Indian flora, namely Carex nilagirica Viji, Pandur., Deepu & G.C. Tucker (2016: 1). However, there is another Carex nilagirica published by Hochst ex Steudel (1855: 207), which is currently treated as a heterotypic synonym of Carex filicina Nees (1834: 123). As a result, and under the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi and plants (McNeill et al. 2012), the name Carex nilagirica Viji, Pandur., Deepu & G.C. Tucker is illegitimate, as it is a later homonym of Carex nilagirica Hochst ex. Steud. (Art. 53.1). Therefore, a new name Carex panduranganii is proposed as a replacement name for Carex nilagirica Viji, Pandur., Deepu & G.C. Tucker.

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Typifications and a new name in Filago (Gnaphalieae, Asteraceae)

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.243.3.6 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 243 (3) ◽

pp. 281

Author(s):

Santiago Andrés-Sánchez ◽

M. Montserrat Martínez-Ortega ◽

Enrique Rico

Keyword(s):

International Code ◽

New Name ◽

Code Of Nomenclature ◽

Correct Usage ◽

Specific Rank ◽

International Code Of Nomenclature

This paper is focused on the typification of 36 names provided for Filago species in order to fix their correct usage. Eight of them are accepted names, basionyms or replaced synonyms of accepted names at the specific rank, i.e. F. abyssinica, F. argentea, F. carpetana, F. contracta, F. eriocephala, F. lutescens, F. lusitanica and F. tyrrhenica. Many others have been extensively used in the taxonomic literature related to the genus (e.g., F. apiculata, F. canescens or F. spathulata). Thirty four lectotypes, three epitypes and one neotype have been selected according to the International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. Further specimens and/or materials relevant to typification are indicated, together with protologue citations. Finally, Filago albicans is proposed as a replacement name for the illegitimate combination F. atlantica.

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Puccinia neovelutina nom. nov., a replaced name for Aecidium elaeagni and its new aecial host from Japan

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.336.2.7 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 336 (2) ◽

pp. 197 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

MAKOTO KAKISHIMA ◽

JING-XIN JI ◽

TAIGA KASUYA

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle ◽

Rust Fungus ◽

International Code ◽

New Host ◽

Elaeagnus Umbellata ◽

New Name ◽

Code Of Nomenclature ◽

International Code Of Nomenclature

The life cycle of the aecial stage of a rust fungus found on Elaeagnus umbellata var. rotundifolia in Chiba, Japan was clarified by inoculations. This rust fungus was morphologically identified as Puccinia velutina (anamorph: Aecidium elaeagni) alternating between Carex lenta and Elaeagnus species. This plant is a new host for this rust fungus. However, the current International Code of Nomenclature (ICN, Melbourne 2012) has abolished the distinction between “anamorph” and “teleomorph” names, and we propose a new name, P. neovelutina as a replaced name for A. elaeagni, because Puccinia elaeagni is a preoccupied available name. Its epitype specimen is designated.

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Description of a New Species and Lectotypification of Two Names in Impatiens Sect. Racemosae (Balsaminaceae) from China

Plants ◽

10.3390/plants10091812 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (9) ◽

pp. 1812

Author(s):

Shuai Peng ◽

Peninah Cheptoo Rono ◽

Jia-Xin Yang ◽

Jun-Jie Wang ◽

Guang-Wan Hu ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Molecular Analysis ◽

Molecular Data ◽

International Code ◽

Type Specimens ◽

Western Sichuan ◽

Code Of Nomenclature ◽

Morphological And Molecular Data ◽

A New Species ◽

International Code Of Nomenclature

Impatiens longiaristata (Balsaminaceae), a new species from western Sichuan Province in China, is described and illustrated here based on morphological and molecular data. It is similar to I. longiloba and I. siculifer, but differs in its lower sepal with a long arista at the apex of the mouth, spur curved downward or circinate, and lower petal that is oblong-elliptic and two times longer than the upper petal. Molecular analysis confirmed its placement in sect. Racemosae. Simultaneously, during the inspection of the protologues and type specimens of allied species, it was found that the types of two names from this section were syntypes based on Article 9.6 of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Shenzhen Code). According to Articles 8.1, 9.3, and Recommendations 9A.1, 9A.2, and 9A.3, the lectotypes of these two names are here designated.

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Nomenclatural adjustments in Amazonian Myrcia sect. Aulomyrcia (Myrtaceae)

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.474.3.9 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 474 (3) ◽

pp. 298-300

Author(s):

PAULO HENRIQUE GAEM ◽

FIORELLA FERNANDA MAZINE ◽

EVE LUCAS

Keyword(s):

Large Scale ◽

Digital Images ◽

Morphological Evidence ◽

Direct Transfer ◽

International Code ◽

New Name ◽

Code Of Nomenclature ◽

International Code Of Nomenclature

Most recent studies support a broad circumscription of the Neotropical genus Myrcia De Candolle (1827: 401), now including species previously recognised in Calyptranthes Swartz (1788: 79) and Marlierea Cambessèdes (1833: 373) based on molecular and morphological evidence (e.g. Lucas et al. 2011, 2018, Lourenço 2015, Staggemeier et al. 2015, Wilson et al. 2016, Santos et al. 2017, Amorim et al. 2019). The majority of the consequent nomenclatural changes were made (e.g. Lucas et al. 2016, Lourenço et al. 2018, Campbell et al. 2019), but as an unfortunate consequence of large-scale taxonomic manoeuvering, some replacement names have been found superfluous according to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Turland et al. 2018). The Code stipulates that the correct name of a species must be composed of the currently accepted genus and the epithet of the earliest legitimate name published for the taxon. When the combination that would result from a direct transfer is not available (i.e., it has already been published before), then the next earliest legitimate epithet applied to the species, from any of the genera implicated, should be used instead (Art. 14.1). Under this rule, a new name must be published for a species only when none of the epithets of its legitimate names are available for a combination in the accepted genus. Necessary corrections have already been made by Lima et al. (2020) and Lourenço et al. (2020), and two further adjustments are here proposed for names published by Lucas et al. (2016). Unless specified, digital images of all specimens cited below were viewed for this work.

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Miconia solearis, a new combination to replace the illegitimate Miconia magnifolia (Melastomataceae: Miconieae) in Tropical America

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.219.2.11 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 219 (2) ◽

pp. 199

Author(s):

Diana Gamba ◽

Frank Almeda

Keyword(s):

Molecular Data ◽

New Combination ◽

Data Sets ◽

International Code ◽

New Combinations ◽

New Name ◽

Code Of Nomenclature ◽

Tropical America ◽

Morphological And Molecular Data ◽

International Code Of Nomenclature

In our recently published monograph of the Octopleura clade of Miconia Ruiz & Pavón (1794: 60, Gamba & Almeda 2014) we proposed a number of new combinations and new names to reflect the nested position of this assemblage of 33 species within the large and diverse Neotropical genus Miconia based on morphological and molecular data sets. In proposing the new name, Miconia magnifolia Gamba & Almeda (2014: 91), we overlooked the epithet of a heterotypic synonym that should have been adopted. Miconia magnifolia is therefore illegitimate and nomenclaturally superfluous according to Article 52.1 of the International Code of Nomenclature (McNeill et al. 2012) and is to be rejected because it included the type of a heterotypic synonym whose epithet was available and not already pre-empted in Miconia.

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International Mycological Congress: Guiding Vote on nomenclature proposals to amend Chapter F of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants

IMA Fungus ◽

10.1007/bf03449447 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. xv-xxi ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Tom W. May ◽

Andrew N. Miller

Keyword(s):

Dna Sequences ◽

International Code ◽

Code Of Nomenclature ◽

International Mycological Congress ◽

International Code Of Nomenclature

Abstract Results are provided for the Guiding Vote on the seven formal proposals to amend the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants to be decided by the Fungal Nomenclature Session (FNS) of the XI International Mycological Congress in July 2018. Te ballot for the Guiding Vote was provided online. Tere were 520 valid ballots, submitted by mycologists from 42 countries, belonging to 23 eligible groups and societies, along with authors of proposals. Tw o proposals F-005 and F-006, both concerning DNA sequences as types, exceeded the 75 % No vote that is the threshold above which proposals are considered rejected by the FNS unless formally re-introduced. Two options for amendments to future procedures for the Guiding Vote are proposed: adding eligibility via publication of a nomenclatural novelty among fungi and removing eligibility via membership of IMA MMOs.

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