A Nomenclatural Note on Mycoporum biseptatum (Basionym Arthonia biseptata)
Lendemer JC and Harris RC. 2015. A Nomenclatural Note on Mycoporum biseptatum (Basionym Arthonia biseptata). Opuscula Philolichenum. 14:116-117
ABSTRACT: Arthonia biseptata Degel., the basionym of the combination Mycoporum biseptatum (Degel.) R.C. Harris & Lendemer, is shown to be an illegitimate later homonym of A. biseptata Vain. As there is no obstacle under the Code precluding the use of the epithet “biseptatum” in Mycoporum, M. biseptatum is treated here as a replacement name for A. biseptata Degel. with the author citation corrected to “R.C. Harris & Lendemer”. The status of A. biseptata Degel. as an illegitimate later homonym is shown to have been previously overlooked due to an indexing error in 1924 that was subsequently perpetuated in online indexes of fungal names.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Lendemer, James; Harris, Richard
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory, APHN, Appalachian Highlands Network, ATBI, Endemism, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, GRSM, GRSM-00825, lichen, pyrenolichen, SER, Southeast Region, southern Appalachian Mountains, taxonomy