The correct original spelling of Bartram’s Ixia (Ixia caelestina: Iridaceae)
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https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v11.i2.1078Abstract
For optimal communication, each taxonomic name ideally has one proper spelling. The specific epithet of Bartram’s Ixia has usually been spelled as coelestina, which is incorrect and contrary to the International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. In the protologue, Bartram originally spelled it as caelestina, which is an acceptable Latin form that ought to be adopted. The ae variant has been utilized and accepted for names of several other taxa since Bartram. The proper spelling of the basionym of Bartram’s Ixia is Ixia caelestina.
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Du Cange, C. du F. 1883. Glossarium Mediae et Infimae Latinitatis, auctum a Monachis Ordinis S. Benedicti, cum supplementis integris D.P. Carpenterii, adelungii, aliorum, suisque digessit G.A.L. Henschel, sequuntur glossarium Gallicum, tabulae, indices auctorum et rerum, dissertationes. Editio nova aucta pluribus verbis aliorum scriptorum a L. Favre. Vol. 2. Niort, France. [Accessed at http://gallica.bnf.fr/].
Goldblatt, P. & J.E. Henrich. 1991. Calydorea Herbert (Iridaceae-Tigridieae): Notes on this New World genus and reduction to synonymy of Salpingostylis, Cardiostigma, Itysa, and Catila. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 78:504–511.
Goldblatt, P. & J.C. Manning. 2008. The Iris family: Natural history & classification. Timber Press, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Harper, F. (ed.). 1958. The travels of William Bartram. Naturalist’s Edition. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Jackson, B.D. 1893. Index Kewensis. Pt. 2. Clarendon Press, Oxford, UK.
McNeill, J., F.R. Barrie, W.R. Buck, V. Demoulin, W. Greuter, D.L. Hawksworth, P.S. Herendeen, S. Knapp, K. Marhold, J. Prado, W.F. Prud’homme Van Reine, G.F. Smith, J.H. Wiersema, & N.J. Turland (eds.). 2012. International code of nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code). Regnum Veg. 154:1–208. Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein, Germany.
Merrill, E.D. 1944–1945. In defense of the validity of William Bartram’s binomials. Bartonia 23:10–35.
Nuttall, T. 1837. Collections towards a flora of the territory of Arkansas. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 5:139–203.
Small, J.K. 1931. Bartram’s Ixia coelestina rediscovered. J. New York Bot. Gard. 32:155–161.
Stearn, W.T. 1992. Botanical Latin. 4th ed. David & Charles, Brunel House, Newton Abbot, Devon, UK.
Willdenow, C.L. 1797. Caroli a Linne? Species Plantarum exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas, cum Differentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus, Secundum Systema Sexuale Digestas. Vol. 1. G.C. Nauk, Berlin, Germany.
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2017-11-29
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Franck, A. R. ., & Manolaraki, E. H. . (2017). The correct original spelling of Bartram’s Ixia (Ixia caelestina: Iridaceae). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 11(2), 409–411. https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v11.i2.1078
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