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Issue: Vol. 497 No. 2: 20 April 2021
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2021-04-20
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.497.2.10
Page range: 172–172
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 1

A new name for Euphorbia linguiformis Hett., Haev. & Spannring (Euphorbiaceae)

Institut de Systématique Évolution Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Université des Antilles, Sorbonne Université. 45 rue Buffon, CP 50, 75005 Paris, France
National Tree Museum Gimborn, Velperengh 13, 3941 BZ Doorn, The Netherlands
Eudicots Micro-endemic replacement name Madagascar xerophytes

Abstract

The species Euphorbia linguiformis Hetterscheid, Haevermans & Spannring (2021: 16) has been named erroneously in a recent publication (Haevermans & Hetterscheid 2021) on Euphorbia Linnaeus (1753: 450), not realising that this epithet was already in use for another taxon, Euphorbia linguiformis McVaugh (1961: 184), making our new species an illegitimate later homonym (ICN Art. 53.1, Turland et al. 2018). We therefore propose a new name for our taxon here