Cissus notabilis, a new name for extant Cissus spectabilis (Vitaceae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 231 (1) ◽  
pp. 99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Borisovitch Doweld
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Upper Cretaceous ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Far East ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Fossil Plant ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
Plant Names ◽  
Nomen Novum

The creation of the International Fossil Plant Names Index (IFPNI, 2014 onwards) with the aim of listing of all fossil plant species reveals a few new cases of homonymy between fossil and extant species. The name Cissus spectabilis (Kurz) Planchon (1887: 1092), originally published as Vitis spectabilis Kurz (1874: 196), is an illegitimate later homonym of Cissus spectabilis Heer (1878: 45) (Art. 53.1 of the ICN, McNeill et al., 2012). C. spectabilis Heer is a fossil-species currently accepted (Kirchheimer 1939, Sosnowsky 1949, 1974, Kryshtofovich & Baikovskaja 1960), described from the Upper Cretaceous (Coniacian) deposits of Sakhalin island (Far East, Russian Federation). Since the preoccupied extant species C. spectabilis (Kurz) Planch., a narrow Indian endemic restricted to Sikkim, Siliguri and neighboring localities of West Bengal, is also currently recognized as a valid species (The Plant List 2013 onwards; eFlora of India 2014 onwards) and it does not have any synonym, a nomen novum, C. notabilis, is here formally proposed as a replacement name.

scholarly journals Quercus rajushkinae, a new name for Quercus lavrovii Rajushkina (Fagaceae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 221 (1) ◽  
pp. 100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Borisovitch Doweld
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Fossil Plant ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
New Name ◽  
Plant Names ◽  
Leaf Remains ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Nomen Novum

The fossil species Quercus lavrovii Rajushkina (1987: 146) was described on the fossil leaf remains of an oak from the Miocene sediments of Dzhungarian Aktau, Ili depression (Kazakhstan, Central Asia). However, according to Art. 53.1 of ICN (McNeill et al. 2012) this name is illegitimate because of the existence of an overlooked earlier homonym, Quercus lavrovii Budantsev (1955: 93) which was originally described from the earlier Oligocene deposits of Bestau, Turgay (Kazakhstan). The homonymy between these fossil species emerged during the creation of the International Fossil Plant Names Index, which is planned to list all fossil plant species (IFPNI 2014 onwards). Since the preoccupied species P. lavrovii Rajushk. is systematically recognized as a valid species in current use and it does not have any synonym, a nomen novum, Q. rajushkinae, is here formally proposed as a replaced name.

Cinnamomum phoebe, a new name for the extant C. elongatum (Lauraceae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 243 (2) ◽  
pp. 190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Borisovitch Doweld
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Fossil Plant ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
New Name ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
Plant Names

The International Fossil Plant Names Index (IFPNI, 2014 onwards) lists some fossil plant species names which have precedence over homonymic extant species names. A few cases of the homonymy between extant and fossil species were recently resolved (Turner 2014, Doweld 2015a, 2015b, 2015c, 2015d).

Styrax carranzae, a new name for extant Styrax lanceolatus P.W. Fritsch non Engelhardt (Styracaceae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 460 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-236
Author(s):  
ALEXANDER B. DOWELD
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Additional Case ◽  
Fossil Plant ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
New Name ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
Plant Names ◽  
Fossil Records

In revising fossil records of the genus Styrax Linnaeus (1753: 444) for the International Fossil Plant Names Index (IFPNI, 2014 onwards) with the aim of listing all fossil plant species (Doweld 2015, 2016a), it became apparent that a few fossil-species are later illegitimate homonyms of the extant species of Styrax, and their nomenclature was recently resolved by proposing new replacement names for them (Doweld 2016b). However, an additional case of the homonymy of an extant species by a preoccupied name in fossils remained unsettled.

New names in living Ocotea Aubl. (Lauraceae) and a remark on Litsea cuneata

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 490 (3) ◽  
pp. 298-300
Author(s):  
PEDRO LUÍS RODRIGUES DE MORAES
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Plant ◽  
Present Communication ◽  
New Name ◽  
Fossil Leaves ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
Plant Names ◽  
Nomen Novum

In the present communication, after checking fossil plant names in the International Fossil Plant Names Index (IFPNI 2014–onwards), the homonymy of two fossil and extant species names of Ocotea Aublet (1775: 780) has been detected and resolved. Ocotea alata van der Werff (1991: 416) (extant) is replaced by a new name O. loretensis nom. nov., because of the earlier homonym O. alata Givulescu (1975: 173) (fossil leaves), according to Article 53.1 of the ICN (Turland et al. 2018). Similarly, O. morona-santiagoensis nom. nov. is proposed to replace the later illegitimate homonym O. pilosa van der Werff (2020: 220) (extant) non O. pilosa Givulescu (1975: 172) (fossil leaves). An additional homonym was found in extant Litsea Lamarck (1792: 574) that is preoccupied by a fossil. However, since it is currently recognized as a taxonomic synonym of Litsea tomentosa Blume (1826: 566), there is no need to create a nomen novum for it.

Elaeocarpus sveshnikovae, a new name for the fossil-species Elaeocarpus microphyllus (Elaeocarpaceae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 227 (3) ◽  
pp. 299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Borisovitch Doweld
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Fungal Species ◽  
Fossil Plant ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
New Name ◽  
Plant Names ◽  
Plant Taxon ◽  
Leaf Remains ◽  
Kaliningrad Region ◽  
East Prussia

The creation of the International Fossil Plant Names Index (IFPNI 2014 onwards, Doweld 2015) with listing of all fossil plant, algal and fungal species reveals the homonymy between fossil-species belonging to genus Elaeocarpus Linnaeus (1753: 515). The fossil-species Elaeocarpus microphyllus Budantsev & Sveshnikova (1964: 102) was described based on the leaf remains from the Tertiary (Oligocene) sediments near Svetlogorsk, Kaliningrad region, Russian Federation (former East Prussia). However, Elmer (1911) and independently Warburg (1922), proposed the earlier homonyms Elaeocarpus microphyllus Elmer (1911: 1189) and E. microphyllus Warburg (1922: 328) respectively, which were overlooked. According to Art. 53.1 of the ICN (McNeill et al. 2012), a junior fossil homonym, Elaeocarpus microphyllus Budants. & Sveshn. is illegitimate and hence a new name is proposed here. A new nomenclatural act was registered through a pilot registration version in the International Fossil Plant Names Index (IFPNI 2014 onwards), with unique persistent registration barcode (LSID) listed under each newly proposed fossil plant taxon.

Ocotea dilcherii, a new name for Ocotea obtusifolia (Berry) LaMotte (Lauraceae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 239 (2) ◽  
pp. 199
Author(s):  
Sergei Vasilyevich Vikulin
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Early Eocene ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Mississippi Embayment ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Early Oligocene ◽  
Leaf Remains ◽  
Nomen Novum

The fossil species  Oreodaphne obtusifolia Berry (1916: 301) was described, based on the fossil leaf remains of the most abundant laurel from the Early Eocene Wilcox Group sediments of Holly Springs: Marshall Co, Grenada Co., Miss.: Mississippi embayment (Southeastern North America). Nowadays, most systematists consider the extant Oreodaphne to be a member of Ocotea (Mez, 1889: 219; Rohwer, 1986; van der Werff, 2002; Chanderbali et al., 2001). LaMotte (1952) transferred Berry’s (1916: 301) combination to Ocotea, and this transfer was followed by Dilcher (1963), who reinforced attribution of Wilcox leaf megafossils to Ocotea by cuticular analysis of epidermis and stomata (Dilcher & Lott, 2005). However, according to Art. 53.1 of the ICN (McNeill et al.  2012) the name Ocotea obtusifolia (Berry) LaMotte (1952) is illegitimate because of the existence of the earlier overlooked homonym, Ocotea obtusifolia Kunth (1817: 165–166), an extant lauraceous species from Colombia (Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, holotype: http://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.P00128771). The homonymy between these fossil and extant American species of Ocotea was revealed during the description of the new fossil Early Oligocene species Ocotea rossica Vikulin from the south of the Middle-Russian upland (Vikulin, 2015: 326). Since Ocotea obtusifolia (Berry) LaMotte has been systematically recognized as a valid species in current use and it does not have any synonym, a nomen novum, O. dilcherii, is formally proposed here as a replaced name. Because a type specimen was not indicated among the validating illustrations of Berry (1916: pl. 80, fig. 1; pl. 83, fig. 2–5, and pl. 84, fig. 1 and 2), a lectotype must be designated here, from the specimens illustrated in the protologue (Berry, 1916: 301–302) amongst those perfect specimens with blunt leaf apex, which are very abundant in the clays at Puryear, Tenn. (Proposed lectotype: paleobotany collection # USNM 35867, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (USA), illustrated in Berry, 1916: 301, pl. 83, fig. 5.

Chara nikolskae, a new name for Chara elliptica Nikolskaja (1984) non Fritzsche (1924) and Aclistochara elliptica (Fritzsche) comb. nov. (Characeae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 226 (2) ◽  
pp. 199
Author(s):  
Alexander Borisovitch Doweld
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Algal Species ◽  
Fossil Plant ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
The Holocene ◽  
New Name ◽  
Plant Names ◽  
Holocene Sediments ◽  
The Creation

The fossil species Chara elliptica Nikolskaja (1984: 1092) was established on the gyrogonite remains from the Holocene sediments of Majkara (Kazakhstan, Central Asia). However, according to Art. 53.1 of ICN (McNeill et al., 2012) this name is illegitimate because of the existence of an overlooked earlier homonym, Chara elliptica Fritzsche (1924: 93) which was originally described from the earlier Cretaceous (Campanian) deposits of Tres Cruces and Negra Muerta, Province Jujuy, North Argentina (South America). Due to the creation of the International Fossil Plant Names Index with listing of all fossil plant and algal species, the fact of the homonymy between fossil species was solidly established (IFPNI, 2014-).

New names of fossil Hemitrapa and Trapa (Lythraceae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 252 (3) ◽  
pp. 228 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALEXANDER B. DOWELD
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
International Code ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Fossil Plant ◽  
Code Of Nomenclature ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
Plant Names ◽  
The Creation ◽  
International Code Of Nomenclature

The creation of the International Fossil Plant Names Index (IFPNI, 2014 onwards) with the aim of listing of all fossil plant species reveals a few new cases of homonymy between fossil and extant species. In the present paper there are proposed two new combinations in Hemitrapa Miki (1941: 289) and four replacing names for later homonyms of Trapa Linnaeus (1753: 120) that are illegitimate (Art. 53.1 of the International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi and Plants—ICN, McNeill et al., 2012).

scholarly journals Paleontological inventory of Paleozoic, Late Mesozoic, and Cenozoic plant, invertebrate, and vertebrate fossil species from Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA - over a century of paleontological discovery

Zitteliana ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 95 ◽  
pp. 95-134
Author(s):  
Steven L. Wick
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Fossil Plant ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Big Bend National Park ◽  
Late Mesozoic ◽  
Big Bend ◽  
Fossil Records

The extraordinary paleontological record from Big Bend National Park (BIBE), Texas chronicles nearly 120 million years of largely uninterrupted deposition through Late Cretaceous, Paleogene and Neogene time. Therefore, the park records one of the most complete and continuous fossil records of its kind in North America, if not the world. Paleontologists have collected and studied fossils from BIBE for over a century and nearly 1400 fossil species have been reported thus far. The BIBE paleontological record includes type specimens representing 44 scientifically valid species (five plants, nine invertebrates, and 30 vertebrates). Numerous other reported specimens are very likely new to science but have yet to be formally named. The present catalog presents the currently known assemblage of fossil plant, invertebrate, and vertebrate species from BIBE within a single, comprehensive record with significant references for each. This work is designed and written to be a research and resource management tool for scientists and non-scientists alike.

Systematics and taxonomy of soft-shelled turtles (Family Trionychidae) from the Judith River Group (mid-Campanian) of North America

1995 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 631-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
James D. Gardner ◽  
Anthony P. Russell ◽  
Donald B. Brinkman
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
North American ◽  
Upper Cretaceous ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Taxonomic Diversity ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Fossil Species

Four valid species of trionychine trionychid turtles are recognized from the Upper Cretaceous (mid-Campanian; Judithian) Judith River Group, western North America. Cladistic analysis of extant and Judith River Group trionychines supports referral of three fossil species to Aspideretoides gen. nov. and one fossil species to Apalone, the genus of extant North American trionychines. The taxonomic diversity of Judith River Group trionychids is less than that of younger Maastrichtian and Paleocene assemblages from the Western Interior, largely because of the absence of plastomenine trionychids in the Judith River Group assemblage.

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