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Plant Nomenclature

A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Systematics, Taxonomy, Nomenclature and Classification".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 13291

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Prof. Dr. Duilio Iamonico

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Department of Planning, Design, and Technology of Architecture, University of Rome Sapienza, Via Flaminia 72, 00196 Roma, Italy
Interests: taxonomy and nomenclature of vascular plants; cartography; landscape ecology; plant sociology; environmental planning
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Dear Colleagues, 

The study of nomenclature, which can be defined as the system of scientific names for taxa and their ranks (species, genus, family, etc.), and the rules and conventions for the formation, treatment, and use of those names are very important in taxonomy. In fact, through the designation of types, nomenclature regulates how names are used to communicate taxonomic hypotheses. As a consequence, nomenclature has been providing classification systems for biodiversity for centuries and has been continuing to accommodate new knowledge in botany. 

This Special Issue is open to articles both on general issues in nomenclature and on the typification of names of vascular plants. The names investigated should be logically selected. For example, they could be part of a same taxonomic group, referred to a specific geographic area, published by a single author, or linked to a species having the same chorotype (e.g., endemic). Taxonomic discussions (including new combinations or new names) are welcome only if they are strictly linked to the names involved in the study. 

Prof. Dr. Duilio Iamonico
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Keywords

  • herbarium
  • illegitimate and legitimate name
  • international code of nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants
  • nomenclatural change
  • original material
  • protologue
  • rank
  • specimen
  • type category
  • typification
  • valid name

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Morphology and Nomenclature of Barsassia (Lycopsida) from the Middle Devonian of West Junggar, Xinjiang, China
by Bingcai Liu, Kai Wang, Ruiwen Zong, Yi Wang and Honghe Xu
Plants 2021, 10(12), 2631; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10122631 - 30 Nov 2021
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Morphology and nomenclature are essential issues of botany, in which both extant and fossil plant taxa follow the same nomenclature code. Devonian (419.2–358.9 Ma) herbaceous lycopsid Barsassia, one of the earliest coal-forming plants in geological history, possesses a characteristic, easily recognized, step-like [...] Read more.
Morphology and nomenclature are essential issues of botany, in which both extant and fossil plant taxa follow the same nomenclature code. Devonian (419.2–358.9 Ma) herbaceous lycopsid Barsassia, one of the earliest coal-forming plants in geological history, possesses a characteristic, easily recognized, step-like stem and has been thought to be an index fossil for dating and correlating the Middle Devonian strata, especially those in the paleoblocks of Siberia, Kazakhstan, Xinjiang, and North China. Here, we systematically study the Devonian lycopsid Barsassia in terms of its morphology and nomenclature, based on the new materials from the Middle Devonian Hujiersite Formation of West Junggar, Xinjiang, China, and the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Shenzhen Code). Barsassia ornata is determined as the type species of the genus, and a neotype is designated for that name. Barsassia ornata consists of fan- or rectangular-shaped leaves with awl-shaped or finger-like distal tips. Its leaves are pseudo-whorls and imbricately arranged on the stem surface forming distinct step-like structure. Full article
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Description of a New Species and Lectotypification of Two Names in Impatiens Sect. Racemosae (Balsaminaceae) from China
by Shuai Peng, Peninah Cheptoo Rono, Jia-Xin Yang, Jun-Jie Wang, Guang-Wan Hu and Qing-Feng Wang
Plants 2021, 10(9), 1812; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10091812 - 31 Aug 2021
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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 [...] Read more.
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. Full article
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Typification and Taxonomic Remarks on Names of Iris (Iridaceae) Associated with the Turkish Flora
by Eugeny V. Boltenkov, Adil Güner and Alexander A. Kuznetsov
Plants 2021, 10(7), 1486; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10071486 - 20 Jul 2021
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In view of the forthcoming review of Turkish irises for Resimli Türkiye Florası (The Illustrated Flora of Turkey), nineteen names are typified or nomenclatural remarks are provided in the present report. Lectotypes are designated for Iris aschersonii, I. attica, [...] Read more.
In view of the forthcoming review of Turkish irises for Resimli Türkiye Florası (The Illustrated Flora of Turkey), nineteen names are typified or nomenclatural remarks are provided in the present report. Lectotypes are designated for Iris aschersonii, I. attica, I. bornmuelleri, I. purpureobractea (a taxonomic synonym of I. junonia), I. reticulata var. cyanea, I. reticulata var. sophenensis, I. suaveolens and I. taochia. The second-step lectotypification is made for I. histrio. Neotypes are designated for the names I. histrioides, I. junonia, I. masiae and I. reticulata var. histrioides; epitype, for the name I. reticulata var. sophenensis. For the previously typified names, I. bakeriana, I. musulmanica and I. reticulata, lectotypes are given. The lectotypes for I. histrio var. aintabensis, I. schachtii, and Xiphion danfordiae and the authorship for I. histrioides, are corrected. Images are provided for eight specimens selected as types that are not available online. Notes on distribution in Turkey are provided for all the accepted taxa. Full article
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Nomenclatural Synopsis of Cirsium Sect. Eriolepis (Asteraceae) in Italy
by Emanuele Del Guacchio, Liliana Bernardo, Paolo Caputo, Francesca Carucci, Gianniantonio Domina and Duilio Iamonico
Plants 2021, 10(2), 223; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10020223 - 24 Jan 2021
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The names of the Italian taxa in Cirsium sect. Eriolepis are discussed. The accepted names are: Cirsium echinatum, C. eriophorum subsp. eriophorum, C. eriophorum subsp. spathulatum, C. ferox, C. italicum, C. lacaitae, C. lobelii, C. morisianum, C. [...] Read more.
The names of the Italian taxa in Cirsium sect. Eriolepis are discussed. The accepted names are: Cirsium echinatum, C. eriophorum subsp. eriophorum, C. eriophorum subsp. spathulatum, C. ferox, C. italicum, C. lacaitae, C. lobelii, C. morisianum, C. scabrum, C. tenoreanum, C. vallis-demonii subsp. vallis-demonii, C. vallis-demonii subsp. calabrum comb. nov., and C. vulgare (= C. crinitum, C. sylvaticum). Four accepted names are typified by specimens preserved at FI (one lectotype), G (one lectotype and one neotype), P (one lectotype), and by illustrations (two lectotypes). Several other heterotypic synonyms of taxa described from Italy are discussed and six of them are typified. A new combination and status are proposed: C. vallis-demonii subsp. calabrum, based on C. eriophorum var. vallis-demonii f. calabrum. Full article
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