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Name changes
I've come across a file listing name changes in the 3rd edition of
Stace's New Flora of the British Isles, compared with some early list of the British flora. Highlights are * Aceras anthropophorum (man orchid) becomes Orchis anthropophora. (This was suggested in the 1st edition.) * Alyssum saxatile (rgolden alison) becomes Aurinia saxatilis, but the latter name has been in use for quite a while. * Anagallis minima (chaffweed) becomes Centunculus minimus. * Several of the rock-cresses have been moved to other genera - Arabis arenosa and Arabis petraea to Arabidopsis, Arabis glabra to Turritis and Arabis turrita to Psuedoturritis. (It was clear that a rearrangement of Arabideae was going to happen.) * Brachyglottis 'Sunshine' acquires the name Brachyglottis x jubar. * Ceterach officinarium (rustyback fern) goes back to being Asplenium ceterach, * Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (Nootka cypress) becomes Xanthocyparis nootkatensis. (This has been a done deal in conifer taxonomy for quite a while.) As a consequence x Cupressocyparis leylandii (Leyland cypress) becomes x Cuprocyparis leylandii * Several species of Chenopodium (all rare casuals in Britain) are transferred to Dysphania. * Chionodoxa is sunk in Scilla. * Chyrsanthemum coronarium (crown daisy) and Chyrsanthemum segetum (corn marigold) become Glebionis coronaria and Glebionis segetum respectively. This is to allow the use of Chrysanthemum for the florists' chrysanthemums (otherwise Dendranthema). Coronopus (swine cress) is sunk in Lepidium (pepper cress). Cucubalus (berry catchfly) and Lychnis are sunk in Silene. Dactylorhiza majalis becomes Dactylorhiza kerryensis. I don't know where that leaves the plants local to me that I have been putting down as the former, Dactylorhiza being a messy genus. Dahlia x cultorum becomes Dahlia x hortensis Dicentra spectabilis becomes Lamprocapnos spectabilis. (Corydalis lutea was already moved to Pseudofumaria lutea in the 1st edition.) Dryopteris affinis (scaly male fern) is split into 3 species. Duchesnea indica (yellow-flowered strawberry) becomes Potentilla indica. (Compared to what might have happened with Potentilleae that's a small change.) The broad-leaved fescues (Festuca in part), which are more closely to Lolium (rye-grass) than to the narrow-leaved fescues (Festuca in part) are split off as Schedonorus, and x Festulolium becomes x Schedolium. Galium mollugo (hedge bedstraw) becomes Galium album. (I was reading the Galium treatment in the 1st edition a few days back, and this was foreshadowed - in continental floras the diploid G. mollugo is distinguished from the tetraploid G. album, and the British plants are tetraploids.) Gymnadenia conopsea is split into three species, Hebe is sunk into Veronica. (Also old news.) Hedera hibernica is recognised as a separate species from Hedera helix. Helicotrichon pratense and pubescens become Avenula pratensis and pubescens. Jonopsidium acaule (an obscure crucifer) is transferred to Cochlearia (scurvy grasses). Most native mallows are sunk in Malva. Althaea hirsuta becomes Malva setigera, Lavatera arborea become Malva arborea (you can thank me that it's not Malva eriocalyx), Lavatera cretica becomes Malva pseudolavatera, Lavatera plebeia becomes Malva preissiana, Lavatera trimestris becomes Malva trimestris, and Lavatera x clementii becomes Malva x clementii. Althaea officinalis (marsh mallow) and Alcea rosea (hollyhock) keep their old names. Ledum palustre (Labrador tea) becomes Rhododendron groenlandicum. (Appears to be the sinking of Ledum in Rhododendron, and the splitting of Ledum palustre into two species.) Leontodon autumnalis (common hawkbit) becomes Scorzoneroides autumnalis. Loiseleuria procumbens (trailing azalea) is sunk in Kalmia. Lysopersicon (tomato) is sunk in Solanum. (Tomatoes and potatoes are more closely related to each other than either is to many nightshades.) Malus domestica (apple) becomes Malus pumila. Matricaria recutita (scented mayweed) becomes Matricaria chamomilla. Monotropa hypopitys becomes Hypopitys monotropa. There's been some splitting of Narcissus species. 2 species of Orchis (laxiflora and morio) are moved to Anacamptis, and 1 (ustulata) to Neotinea. Consequently Orchis x morioides becomes x Anacamptorchis morioides. Otanthus maritimus (cottonweed) becomes Achillea maritima. Papaver dubium (long-headed poppy) is split into Papaver dubium and Papever lecoqii. Parthenocissus inserta (false Virginia creeper) becomes Parthenocissus vitacea. Peucedanum ostruthium becomes Imperatoria ostruthium, and Peucedanum palustre becomes Thyselium palustre. Photinia davidiana (photinia) becomes Stransvaesia davidiana. Phyllitis scolopendrium (harts-tounge fern) becomes Asplenium scolopendrium. Picris echioides (bristly ox-tounge) becomes Helminthotheca echoides. Potentilla palustris (marsh cinquefoil) because Comarum palustre. (This is more closely related to strawberries than to cinquefoils, and is one of the parents of the pink-flowered strawberries.) Ranunculus ficaria (lesser celandine) becomes Ficaria verna. Roemeria hybrida (a poppy) becomes Papaver bivalve. The water-cresses (Rorippa in part) go back to Nasturtium (not to be confused with Tropaeolum majus), leaving only the yellow-cresses in Rorippa. Sagina apetala (annual pearlwort) is split, subsp. erecta becoming Sagina filicaulis. Sanguisorba minor (lesser barnet) becomes Poterium sanguisorba. Schoenoplectus lacustris (common club-rush) is split. Seriphidium maritimum becomes Artemisia maritima Stachys officinalis (betony) goes back to Betonica officinalis. Stellaria uliginosa (bog stitchwort) becomes Stellaria alsine. Symphytum 'Hidcote Blue' acquires the name Symphytum x hidcotense. Thlaspi caerulescens becomes Noccaea caerulescens, Thlaspi macrophyllum becomes Pachyphragama macrophyllum, and Thlaspi perfoliate becomes Microthlaspi perfoliatum, leaving Thlaspi arvense and Thlaspi alliaceum as the only British species. Tragopogon hybridus (slender salsify) becomes Geropogon glaber. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote: I've come across a file listing name changes in the 3rd edition of Stace's New Flora of the British Isles, compared with some early list of the British flora. Highlights are Oh, God! The mad taxonomists strike again :-( Several of the changes look like simple reversals of earlier changes by the same mad taxonomists. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Jake wrote:
On Sat, 3 Jul 2010 20:07:26 +0100 (BST), wrote: In article , Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote: I've come across a file listing name changes in the 3rd edition of Stace's New Flora of the British Isles, compared with some early list of the British flora. Highlights are Oh, God! The mad taxonomists strike again :-( Several of the changes look like simple reversals of earlier changes by the same mad taxonomists. Regards, Nick Maclaren. Look on the bright side, at least leylandii will now be a bit shorter ;-)) I'd love to know why the NZ flatworm was changed to /Arthurdendyus/: I so much want to believe it was a discreet homage to the reluctant galactic hitch-hiker, but it's not really likely. -- Mike. |
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In message , Mike Lyle
writes Jake wrote: On Sat, 3 Jul 2010 20:07:26 +0100 (BST), wrote: In article , Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote: I've come across a file listing name changes in the 3rd edition of Stace's New Flora of the British Isles, compared with some early list of the British flora. Highlights are Oh, God! The mad taxonomists strike again :-( Several of the changes look like simple reversals of earlier changes by the same mad taxonomists. Regards, Nick Maclaren. Look on the bright side, at least leylandii will now be a bit shorter ;-)) I'd love to know why the NZ flatworm was changed to /Arthurdendyus/: I so much want to believe it was a discreet homage to the reluctant galactic hitch-hiker, but it's not really likely. The relevant paper seems to be H.D. Jones, A new genus and species of terrestrial planarian (Platyhelminthes; Tricladida; Terricola) from Scotland, and an emendation of the genus Artioposthia, Journal of Natural History 33(3): 387-394 (1999) Since it's paywalled I can't confirm this directly, but Google tells me that it was "Named in honour of Arthur Dendy for his great contributions to the study of land flatworms". (Search for Arthur Dendy Arthurdendyus.) The authority for Artioposthia triangulatus was a Dendy, which I would assume was the same person. You'd need to read to paper to find out why Artioposthia was split, as opposed to why the new generic name was selected. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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Jake wrote: On Sat, 3 Jul 2010 20:07:26 +0100 (BST), wrote: In article , Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote: I've come across a file listing name changes in the 3rd edition of Stace's New Flora of the British Isles, compared with some early list of the British flora. Highlights are Oh, God! The mad taxonomists strike again :-( Several of the changes look like simple reversals of earlier changes by the same mad taxonomists. Look on the bright side, at least leylandii will now be a bit shorter ;-)) Yeah :-( Which would cause chaos if anyone used the generic name! The one that really stands out is Poterium sanguisorba - not merely is that a reversal of an early taxonomic lunacy, they seem to be having the gall to claim that the usual English name is now changed from salad burnet to lesser burnet - assuming that "barnet" was a typo :-) Well, they can get stuffed. The original and claimed main purpose of the binomial system was to reduce confusion in communication, and a very secondary one was to reflect relationships. Nowadays, the tail is wagging the dog so vigorously that the dog is in danger of being beaten to death :-( If they weren't just trying to inflate their own importance, name changes would be made only when they were reasonably certain that they would not be changed again. And they wouldn't arse around with the English names. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote: The one that really stands out is Poterium sanguisorba - not merely is that a reversal of an early taxonomic lunacy, they seem to be having the gall to claim that the usual English name is now changed from salad burnet to lesser burnet - assuming that "barnet" was a typo :-) Well, they can get stuffed. The English names were added by me, for my readers' benefit. Barnet was a typo. Little burnet is my usage. Ah! Sorry for maligning them, then. Did you invent little burnet, or is it a less commonly used name? It's a pretty obvious one, so I really can't guess - and, according to the rules of English usage, if people start following you, then that becomes the name :-) Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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In article ,
Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote: The one that really stands out is Poterium sanguisorba - not merely is that a reversal of an early taxonomic lunacy, they seem to be having the gall to claim that the usual English name is now changed from salad burnet to lesser burnet - assuming that "barnet" was a typo :-) Well, they can get stuffed. The English names were added by me, for my readers' benefit. Barnet was a typo. Little burnet is my usage. Ah! Sorry for maligning them, then. Did you invent little burnet, or is it a less commonly used name? It's a pretty obvious one, so I really can't guess - and, according to the rules of English usage, if people start following you, then that becomes the name :-) Quite possibly it's my invention. I don't really know the plant, so the conventional name isn't stuck in my memory. But there's possibly a few hundred hits in Google (compared to thousands for salad burnet), so I wouldn't be the first inventor. That's the story of my life :-) As I said, it's an obvious name. I used to grow it. It's not a very useful herb (nor very decorative), but can be used to add a cucumber flavour to salads (hence the name), drinks (e.g. Pimms) etc. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message ... I've come across a file listing name changes in the 3rd edition of Stace's New Flora of the British Isles, compared with some early list of the British flora. Photinia davidiana (photinia) becomes Stransvaesia davidiana I think I mentioned this a few months ago. A speaker at our garneding club mentioned it. Bill |
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wrote in message ... In article , Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote: I've come across a file listing name changes in the 3rd edition of Stace's New Flora of the British Isles, compared with some early list of the British flora. Highlights are Oh, God! The mad taxonomists strike again :-( Several of the changes look like simple reversals of earlier changes by the same mad taxonomists. I'm not sure what the protocol is with the ICBN but in my field, one doesn't have to accept the changes. Graham |
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In article , graham wrote:
Oh, God! The mad taxonomists strike again :-( Several of the changes look like simple reversals of earlier changes by the same mad taxonomists. I'm not sure what the protocol is with the ICBN but in my field, one doesn't have to accept the changes. The same is largely true in my main one (IT standards), but the problem is that rejecting lunacies destroys much of the main objective, just as badly as the lunacies themselves, unless the vast majority join in the rejection. Damned if you do, and damned if you don't :-( Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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