NEOTYPIFICATION OF THE NAME CLITORIA-LACTESCENS (LEGUMINOSAE)

Authors
FORTUNATO RH GREUTER W
Citation
Rh. Fortunato et W. Greuter, NEOTYPIFICATION OF THE NAME CLITORIA-LACTESCENS (LEGUMINOSAE), Taxon, 47(3), 1998, pp. 703-704
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Taxon → ACNP
ISSN journal
00400262
Volume
47
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
703 - 704
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-0262(1998)47:3<703:NOTNC(>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The unused and mysterious Linnaean name Clitoria lactescens, for which no original material exists, has by some been considered a synonym of Galactia pendula, a junior name that it would thus displace. This syn onymy is rejected because the validating description of C. lactescens does not fit G. pendula, and the foprmer name is neotypified in such a way that it is no longer a threat to any currently used name.