correct name, author, and type of the common Henrya (Acanthaceae) and neotypification of Justicia scorpioides L

Authorship of Henrya and its type, H. insularis, is attributed to Nees ex Benth. When Bentham is treated as the author of H. insularis, the type of this species becomes an illustration published in 1845. The commonly encountered name, Henrya scorpioides (L.) Nees, pertains to a species of Dicliptera...

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Published in:Taxon 1989-05, Vol.38 (2), p.265-270
Main Author: Daniel, T.F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acanthaceae
Authorship attribution
Biological and medical sciences
Botany
Corolla
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
genera
henrya insularis
Herbaria
history
international code of botanical nomenclature
Justicia
Nomenclature
Plant cytology, morphology, systematics, chorology and evolution
Plant names
Plants
species
Spermatophyta
Steam
Sulfur
Systematics (diagnosis, chromosome numbers)
Taxa
Terminology
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Summary:Authorship of Henrya and its type, H. insularis, is attributed to Nees ex Benth. When Bentham is treated as the author of H. insularis, the type of this species becomes an illustration published in 1845. The commonly encountered name, Henrya scorpioides (L.) Nees, pertains to a species of Dicliptera. Its basionym, Justicia scorpioides L., is neotypified by a collection of William Houstoun in the Sloane Herbarium.
ISSN:0040-0262
1996-8175
DOI:10.2307/1220855