A new name for Euphorbia linguiformis Hett., Haev. & Spannring (Euphorbiaceae)

Thomas Haevermans (1) , Wilbert L.A. Hetterscheid

1 ISYEB - Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité

The species Euphorbia linguiformis Hetterscheid, Haevermans & Spannring (2021: 16) has been named erroneously in a recent publication (Haevermans & Hetterscheid 2021) on Euphorbia Linnaeus (1753: 450), not realising that this epithet was already in use for another taxon, Euphorbia linguiformis McVaugh (1961: 184), making our new species an illegitimate later homonym (ICN Art. 53.1, Turland et al. 2018). We therefore propose a new name for our taxon here

Domains: Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy

Thomas Haevermans, Wilbert L.A. Hetterscheid. A new name for Euphorbia linguiformis Hett., Haev. & Spannring (Euphorbiaceae). Phytotaxa, 2021, 497 (2), pp.172-172. ⟨10.11646/phytotaxa.497.2.10⟩. ⟨mnhn-04038294⟩