FROM ACACIA TO ZIZIPHUS: PLANT NAMES COMMEMORATING THE BOTANIST WILLIAM ROXBURGH

Authors

  • I.M. Turner Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24823/ejb.2022.1911

Keywords:

eponyms, India, nomenclature, typification

Abstract

More than 400 validly published names of vascular plants and Charales honouring William Roxburgh (1751–1815) are listed with the currently accepted names for these taxa and their typification. Some 50 species names commemorating Roxburgh remain in current use. In total, 173 lectotypes and 2 neotypes are designated here to fix the application of the names. A new combination in Centaurium (Gentianaceae) is proposed.

An illustration of Lettsomia ornata

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Published

2022-12-14

Issue

Vol. 79 (2022): Edinburgh Journal of Botany

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Original Research Articles

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