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Issue: Vol. 697 No. 3: 17 Apr. 2025
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2025-04-17
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.697.3.9
Page range: 294-297
Abstract views: 113
PDF downloaded: 14

On the validity of the publication of two Linnaean names, Rubus creticus and R. maximus (Rosaceae)

Servicio de Vida Silvestre y Red Natura 2000, Centro para la Investigación y Experimentación Forestal (CIEF), Generalitat Valenciana, Avda. Comarques del País Valencià 114, 46930 Quart de Poblet, Valencia, Spain
Petenbos 8, 3904 BN Veenendaal (The Netherlands)
Nomenclature Rubus Linnaeus Shenzhen Code Eudicots

Abstract

Recently, discussions arose about the validity of the publication of two names that were published by Linnaeus: Rubus creticus Linnaeus (1756: 15) and R. maximus Linnaeus ex Loefling (1758: 7) (Rubeae Dumortier (1829: 39), Rosaceae Jussieu (1789: 334)). Because the status of these names effects the correct names of Rubus taxa, clarity about these is due. Nomenclature articles cited throughout the text follow the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Turland et al. 2018).

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How to Cite

Ferrer-Gallego, P.P. & de Beek, A.V. (2025) On the validity of the publication of two Linnaean names, Rubus creticus and R. maximus (Rosaceae). Phytotaxa 697 (3): 294–297. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.697.3.9