Notes on the identity of Echinocactus conglomeratus – a name of uncertain application from northern Chile

IF 1.2 4区生物学 Q3 PLANT SCIENCES

Bradleya Pub Date : 2021-05-12 DOI:10.25223/brad.n39.2021.a7

P. Hoxey

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Abstract

Summary: The name Echinocactus conglomeratus published by Rodolfo Philippi in 1860 has remained of uncertain application although it is generally accepted to belong to the genus Copiapoa. Two attempts have been made to neotypify the name but neither is convincing as both taxa have characters which are inconsistent with the description of E. conglomeratus. Both neotypifications are rejected here due to conflict with the protologue. This paper investigates the account published by Philippi of the part of his journey through the Atacama Desert where he reports finding E. conglomeratus. Secondly a comparison is made between the description of E. conglomeratus and all of the Copiapoa species now known to grow in that area. Unfortunately, it is not possible to state with certainly which known species can be assigned to E. conglomeratus and so no typification is proposed. It is recommended E. conglomeratus is considered a name of uncertain application and its usage abandoned.

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智利北部一种应用不确定的名称——棘蟹属(Echinocactus glomeratus)的鉴定注记

摘要：鲁道夫·菲利皮（Rodolfo Philippi）于1860年发表的Echinocatus conglomeratus这个名称虽然被普遍认为属于Copiapoa属，但其应用仍不确定。已经进行了两次尝试来对该名称进行新类型化，但都没有说服力，因为这两个分类群的特征都与E.conglomeratus的描述不一致。由于与原论的冲突，两种新典型化在这里都被拒绝了。本文调查了Philippi发表的关于他穿越阿塔卡马沙漠的部分旅程的描述，他报告在那里发现了E.conglomeratus。其次，比较了该地区目前已知的所有Copiapoa物种和E.伴聚体的描述。不幸的是，目前还不可能确定哪些已知物种可以归属于E.conglomeratus，因此没有提出典型化的建议。建议将E.conglomeratus作为一个应用不确定的名称，并放弃其用途。

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Bradleya PLANT SCIENCES-

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2.80

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