scholarly journals Boreocarya and Globocarya, new names in the extinct Juglandaceae of Northern Eurasia

2016 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 519-521
Author(s):  
Alexander B. Doweld
Keyword(s):  
Northern Eurasia ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
New Name ◽  
Distinct Genus

Abstract Sphaerocarya Dorofeev 1970, being a junior homonym of extant angiosperms Sphaerocarya Wallich 1827 (Santalaceae) and Sphaerocarya Dalzell ex de Candolle 1857 (Olacaceae), is replaced by a new name, Globocarya Doweld nom. nov. (fossil Juglandaceae). The aberrant fossil species Sphaerocarya uralensis Dorofeev is re-classified and segregated into a new distinct genus, Boreocarya Doweld, gen. nov.

New names of fossil Cyperaceae of Northern Eurasia

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 356 (2) ◽  
pp. 131 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALEXANDER B. DOWELD
Keyword(s):  
Northern Eurasia ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
New Name ◽  
First Time

The fossil-species of Scirpus sensu lato are re-classified in currently recognized distinct genera, Amphiscirpus, Bolboschoenus, Schoenoplectiella and Schoenoplectus. New combinations are validated: Amphiscirpus tertiarius comb. nov., Bolboschoenus kreczetoviczii comb. nov., B. longispermus comb. nov., B. pliocenicus comb. nov., B. wieliczkeviczii comb. nov., Schoenoplectiella dravertii comb. nov., S. juliae comb. nov., S. khachlovii comb. nov., S. kipianiae comb. nov., S. lucens comb. nov., S. meotica comb. nov., S. nikitinii comb. nov., S. palaeobucharica comb. nov., S. palibinii comb. nov., S. ragozinii comb. nov., S. suchovii comb. nov., S. szaferi comb. nov., Schoenoplectus liratus comb. nov., S. lusaticus comb. nov. and S. odessanus comb. nov. A new fossil-species Schoenoplectiella isolepioides sp. nov. is validated instead of invalidly published ‘Scirpus (Schoenoplectus) isolepioides’ Mai & Walther. Fossil Scirpus leptocarpus Negru, being an illegitimate later homonym of extant Scirpus leptocarpus Mueller, is re-named Scirpus novorossicus nom. nov. Carex × notholimosioides nom. nov. (C. limosa × C. paleacea) is proposed to replace the later homonym C. × limosoides Cayouette (extant) non C. limosioides Negru (fossil). Cladium crassum Negru (fossil) is replaced by a new name Cladium transdnestrovicum nom. nov., on account of the earlier homonym, C. crassum (Thwaites) Kükenthal (extant). Fossil-species of the genus Dichostylis, a nomenclaturally superfluous name, and unrecognized genus Acorellus are re-classified and transferred to Cyperus: Cyperus distachyoformis comb. nov., C. germanicus comb. nov., C. maii nom. nov., C. pliocenicus comb. nov., C. protohamulosus comb. nov., C. pygmaeoides comb. nov. and C. waltheri nom. nov. Scirpus khachlovii and S. suchovii are lectotypified for the first time.

scholarly journals New names of Typha of Northern Eurasia (Typhaceae)

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander B. Doweld
Keyword(s):  
Northern Eurasia ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Isle Of Wight ◽  
New Name ◽  
Lower Oligocene ◽  
Fossil Seeds ◽  
First Time

AbstractThe nomenclature of some fossil and extant homonyms ofTypha(Typhaceae) is resolved. FossilTypha elongataP.I. Dorofeev 1982, being an illegitimate later homonym of extantTypha elongataPauquy 1834, is renamedT. asiaticanom. nov.Typha sibiricaKrasnova 1987 (extant) is replaced by a new name,T. krasnovaenom. nov., on account of the earlier homonym,T. sibiricaP.I. Dorofeev 1982 (fossil).T. transdnestrovicanom. nov. is proposed to replace the later homonymT. ellipticaNegru 1976 (fossil) nonT. ellipticaGmelin 1808 (extant). Fossil seeds from the Lower Oligocene (Rupelian) of Bembridge (Isle of Wight, U.K.), previously attributed to the fossil-speciesT. latissima, based on leaves, are described as a new fossil-species,T. latissimisperma sp. nov.Typha latissimais neotypified;Typha angustioris lectotypified for the first time.

On the nomenclature of fossil Stuckenia (Potamogetonaceae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 236 (1) ◽  
pp. 86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Borisovitch Doweld
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Species ◽  
Distinct Genus

15 fossil species of Potamogeton subgen. Coleogeton, described from the Oligocene to Pleistocene sediments of Eurasia, based on fruit endocarp and leaf imprints findings, were recombined into a newly reinstated distinct genus Stuckenia Börner: S. aldanensis (Dorof.) Doweld, comb. nov., S. arctovaginata (Dorof.) Doweld, comb. nov., S. carbonata (Dorof.) Doweld, comb. nov., S. clavata (Dorof.) Doweld, comb. nov., S. gibbosa (Dorof. & Wieliczk.) Doweld, comb. nov., S. matyrensis (Dorof.) Doweld, comb. nov., S. omoloica (Dorof.) Doweld, comb. nov., S. palaeofiliformis (Dorof.) Doweld, comb. nov., S. praepectinata (Negru) Doweld, comb. nov., S. praevaginata (Dorof.) Doweld, comb. nov., S. pseudorostrata (Dorof.) Doweld, comb. nov., S. sakmarensis (Dorof.) Doweld, comb. nov., S. tenuicarpa (C. Reid & E. Reid) Doweld, comb. nov., S. vaginatoides (Dorof.) Doweld, comb. nov., S. mirabilis (Kutuzk.) Doweld, comb. nov. Nomenclature and typification of species names are given along with their palaeogeographic and stratigraphic data. In addition, a neotype has been designated for S. tenuicarpa (C. Reid & E. Reid) Doweld, comb. nov.

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.

Galathea nasimae, new name for Galathea keijii Tirmizi & Javed, 1993, preoccupied by Galathea keijii Karasawa, 1993 (Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4590 (2) ◽  
pp. 296
Author(s):  
HIROAKI KARASAWA
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Arabian Sea ◽  
Andaman Sea ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
International Code ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Squat Lobster ◽  
New Name ◽  
Reference Collection ◽  
Living Species

The name, Galathea keijii, was given to a Miocene fossil species of squat lobster from Japan by Karasawa (1993: 39, pl. 6, figs. 1, 2, 3, 10). In the same year, the name, Galathea keijii, was established for a living species from the Andaman Sea and Arabian Sea (Tirmizi & Javed 1993: 50, fig. 22). Therefore, both names are homonymous. The description of Karasawa was published in the Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum, no. 20, which, on the inside back cover states the date of publication as December 25, 1993. The description of Tirmizi & Javed was published in “Indian Ocean galatheids (Crustacea: Anomura)” by the Marine Reference Collection and Resource Centre, University of Karachi. This work was published in 1993 but the day and month of publication were not cited in the publication. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, the date of publication for “Indian Ocean galatheids (Crustacea: Anomura)” is deemed to be the last day of 1993, by application of Article 21.3.2 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999: 20). As such, application of Article 52 on the principle of homonymy of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN, 1999: 56) shows that Galathea keijii Karasawa, 1993, takes precedence over Galathea keijii Tirmizi & Javed, 1993. In accordance with Article 60 on the replacement of junior homonyms (ICZN 1999: 62, 63) a new replacement name, Galathea nasimae, is here proposed for Galathea keijii Tirmizi & Javed, 1993. It is dedicated to the late Dr. Nasima M. Tirmizi (Marine Reference Collection and Resource Centre, University of Karachi).

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 in Aralia (Araliaceae), living and fossil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 297 (1) ◽  
pp. 62 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALEXANDER B. DOWELD
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Upper Cretaceous ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
New Name ◽  
Leaf Remains

The nomenclature of some fossil and extant homonymic species of Aralia is resolved. Aralia laevis J. Wen (extant) is replaced by a new name A. indonesica nom. nov., because of earlier homonym, A. laevis E.M.Reid (fossil). Aralia debilis J. Wen is rehabilitated as a legitimate substitute to the later homonym, A. elegans Ho, due to the existence of several earlier homonyms, the extant A. elegans Linden ex Koch, A. elegans Cunn. ex W.Hill and A. elegans Hort. ex Saporta, and the fossil A. elegans Velenovský. Additional four new replacement names are proposed for fossil species based on endocarp remains from the Miocene sediments of Siberia: Aralia asiatica nom. nov. for A. rugosa Dorofeev non Blume, A. mammuthica nom. nov. for A. dubia V.P. Nikitin non Sprengel nec Fontaine, A. borealis nom. nov. for A. tertiaria Dorofeev non Pilar, and A. tobolica nom. nov. for A. lucida Dorofeev non Hasskarl. The later homonym A. angustiloba Kolakovsky non Lesquereux, based on the fossil foliage from the Pliocene sediments of Transcaucasus, is transferred into Brassaiopsis as B. kolakovskyana nom. nov. Fossil species A. furcata, described on the basis of leaf remains from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Bohemia, is transferred into Haliserites as H. furcatus comb. nov. The fossil later homonym A. serrata Knowlton non Saporta, described on the basis of leaf remains from the Palaeocene of North America, is transferred into Platanus as P. serrata nom. nov.

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 Revisions to the fossil sporophyte record of Marsilea

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth J. Hermsen
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Record ◽  
Upper Cretaceous ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Green River Formation ◽  
Aquatic Angiosperm ◽  
Green River ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Architectural Features ◽  
Distinct Genus ◽  
Taxonomic Changes

Abstract The fossil record of Marsilea is challenging to assess, due in part to unreliable reports and conflicting opinions regarding the proper application of the names Marsilea and Marsileaceaephyllum to fossil leaves and leaflets similar to those of modern Marsilea. Specimens examined for this study include material assigned to Marsileaceaephyllum johnhallii, purportedly the oldest fossil record of a Marsilea-like sporophyte from the Lower Cretaceous of the Dakota Formation, Kansas, U.S.A.; leaves and leaf whorls of the extinct aquatic angiosperm Fortuna from several Late Cretaceous and Paleocene localities in western North America; and leaves and leaflets resembling Marsilea from the Eocene Green River Formation, Colorado and Utah, U.S.A. Literature on the fossil record of Marsilea was also reviewed. As a result, several taxonomic changes are proposed. Marsileaceaephyllum johnhallii is reinterpreted as an aquatic angiosperm that shares some architectural features with the genus Fortuna, although Marsileaceaephyllum is here maintained as a distinct genus with an emended diagnosis; under this reinterpretation, the name Marsileaceaephyllum can no longer be applied to sporophyte organs with affinities to Marsileaceae. Three valid fossil Marsilea species are recognized on the basis of sporophyte material that includes characteristic quadrifoliolate leaves and reticulate-veined leaflets: Marsilea campanica (J. Kvaček & Herman) Hermsen, comb. nov., from the Upper Cretaceous Grünbach Formation, Austria; Marsilea mascogos Estrada-Ruiz et al., from the Upper Cretaceous Olmos Formation, Mexico; and Marsilea sprungerorum Hermsen, sp. nov., from the Eocene Green River Formation, U.S.A. The species are distinguished from one another based on leaflet dimensions. Leaves from the Eocene Wasatch Formation, U.S.A., are transferred from Marsileaceaephyllum back to Marsilea, although not assigned to a fossil species. Finally, an occurrence of Marsilea from the Oligocene of Ethiopia is reassigned to Salvinia. A critical evaluation of the fossil record of Marsilea thus indicates that (1) the oldest fossil marsileaceous sporophytes bearing Marsilea-like leaves are from the Campanian; (2) only four credible records of sporophyte material attributable to Marsilea are known; and (3) the oldest dispersed Marsilea spores are known from the Oligocene.

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