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Notes on the taxonomy of Parakeelya Hershk. (Montiaceae)
Authors Name:
Mark A. Hershkovitz
Unique Id:
IJSDR2309017
Published In:
Volume 8 Issue 9, September-2023
Abstract:
The genus Parakeelya Hershk. was erected in 1999 to accommodate a clade of Australian species traditionally classified in classical polyphyletic Calandrinia Kunth s. lato. Nonetheless, Australian specialists and most taxonomic references worldwide continued to use the name Calandrinia. Earlier, in 1987, Roger Carolin concluded that the monotypic genus Rumicastrum Ulb. is a species of Australian calandrinia, and this name is older than Parakeelya, hence has priority as the generic name for the Australian species. Subsequent Australian specialists did not adopt this usage, either. In 2018, phylogenomic data demonstrated definitively that Rumicastrum pertains to the Australian clade, hence that this is the correct generic name. A catalog of Rumicastrum combinations of all of the species was published, and these names were accepted in the most important global taxonomic references. However, the Australian specialists formally proposed to conserve the name Parakeelya over Rumicastrum. Despite egregious data errors in the proposal and technical disqualification of two of its three principal arguments, this conservation has been accepted. The present work provides the necessary nomenclatural recombinations in Parakeelya, and also names a new species. The storied saga of the taxonomy of this genus is reviewed.
Keywords:
Calandrinia, Parakeelya, Rumicastrum, Montiaceae, Australia
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"Notes on the taxonomy of Parakeelya Hershk. (Montiaceae)", International Journal of Science & Engineering Development Research (www.ijsdr.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.8, Issue 9, page no.110 - 122, September-2023, Available :http://www.ijsdr.org/papers/IJSDR2309017.pdf
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Published Paper ID: IJSDR2309017
Registration ID:208451
Published In: Volume 8 Issue 9, September-2023
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Page No: 110 - 122
Publisher: IJSDR | www.ijsdr.org
ISSN Number: 2455-2631
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