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.

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).

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

New names in Cinnamomoides, Cinnamomum and Neolitsea (Lauraceae), and Pterospermum (Malvaceae), fossil and living

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 326 (3) ◽  
pp. 189
Author(s):  
ALEXANDER B. DOWELD
Keyword(s):  
New Combinations ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
New Name ◽  
Fossil Leaves ◽  
Extant Species

The homonymy of some fossil and extant species names of Cinnamomum is resolved. Cinnamomum gracile (Geyler) Ettingshausen (fossil) is replaced by a new name C. camphoricum nom. nov., because of the earlier homonym C. gracile Miquel (extant); C. costulatum nom. nov. is proposed to replace the later homonym C. apiculatum Saporta (fossil fruits) non C. apiculatum Pilar (fossil leaves); C. fajumicum nom. nov. is proposed instead of C. africanum Engelhardt (fossil) non C. africanum Lukmanoff (extant); C. kalbaricum nom. nov. instead of C. grandifolium Cammerloher (extant) non C. grandifolium (Ettingshausen) Schimper (fossil); C. weddellii nom. nov. in place of C. orbiculatum Lukmanoff (extant) non C. orbiculatum Saporta (fossil). Cinnamomum camphoricarpum sp. nov. is validated instead of the invalidly published C. macropodum Miki (lacking holotype designation when published) based on fossil fruits and seeds from Pliocene sediments of Japan. Cinnamomum goeppertii Ettingshausen is rehabilitated as a legitimate substitute for Daphnogene javanica Göppert, because the combination C. javanicum (Göppert) van Konijnenburg-van Cittert, van Waveren & Jonkers is illegitimate due to the existence of an earlier homonym, C. javanicum Blume (extant). Pterospermum wilkieanum nom. nov. (Malvaceae) is proposed instead of P. gracile Wilkie (extant) non P. gracile Geyler (fossil) (≡ C. gracile (Geyler) Ettingshausen). Cinnamomum salicifolium (Nees) Kostermans and C. trinerve (Lundell) Kostermans (extant) were found to be later illegitimate homonyms of fossil-species, C. salicifolium Staub and C. trinerve Bell respectively. Furthermore Cinnamomiphyllum Nathorst, Daphnogene grandifolia, D. lanceolata, Cinnamomum broteroi, C. orbiculatum, C. salicifolium Staub (non (Nees) Kostermans), C. trinerve Bell (non (Lundell) Kostermans), and C. ucrainicum are lectotypified. New combinations are validated: Cinnamomoides broteroi comb. nov., C. ellipticum comb. nov., C. humei comb. nov., C. jordanicum comb. nov., Cinnamomum duabicum comb. nov., Neolitsea marginata comb. nov., N. pannonica comb. nov., N. staubii comb. nov. As an addition to Taxonomic Literature II records, the precise dates of publication of the taxonomic works of Göppert’s Die Tertiärflora auf der Insel Java (1854), Lukmanoff’s Nomenclature et iconographie des Canneliers et Camphriers (1878, not 1889), Ettingshausen’s Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Tertiärflora der Insel Java (1883) and Zur Tertiärflora von Borneo (1883, not 1884) are established here.

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.

Scydmaenus linqibini sp. nov., a new fossil Scydmaenini in mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae)

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 036-040
Author(s):  
ZIWEI YIN ◽  
DEYAO ZHOU
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Evolutionary Stage ◽  
Diverse Group ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Burmese Amber ◽  
Morphological Disparity ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
History Of ◽  
Fossil Records

The tribe Scydmaenini is the second most diverse group of the ant-like stone beetle subfamily Scydmaeninae, with more than 730 extant species classified in seven extant genera (Newton, 2019). However, confirmed fossil records important for elucidating the evolutionary history of the tribe are extremely rare, represented by only two species previously reported from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber (Yin et al., 2018; Yin & Cai, 2019). Provided in this paper is the description of a third fossil species of Scydmaenini, again from Burmese amber, which sheds new light on the palaeodiversity and morphological disparity of this group during its early evolutionary stage.

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