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Issue: Vol. 767 No. 1: 16 Jul. 2026
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2026-07-16
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.767.1.13
Page range: 103-106
Abstract views: 29
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Spinella is an illegitimate superfluous name for Orostachys (Crassulaceae)

State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510650, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Plant Conservation and Utilization in Southern China, Guangzhou, 510650, Guangdong, China
Eudicots Crassulaceae Orostachys Spinella

Abstract

Spinella was recently published for Orostachys subsect. Appendiculatae. However, it is an illegtimate supperflous when published under Art. 52.1 and 52.2 because the authors included Orostachys spinosa, the correct name for O. chlorantha, which is the previously conserved type of Orostachys and is autonomously typified by the type of Cotyledon spinosa, the bsaionym of O. spinosa.

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How to Cite

Deng, Y. (2026) Spinella is an illegitimate superfluous name for Orostachys (Crassulaceae). Phytotaxa 767 (1): 103–106. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.767.1.13