Notes on the Latin names of some gayfeathers and the further New World significance of Thomas Martyn’s edition (1795–1807) of Philip Miller’s Gardeners Dictionary

Autores/as

  • David J. Mabberley University of Oxford
  • Jacek Wajer Natural History Museum

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v18.i1.1341

Palabras clave:

Croton, Ctenodon, Lagerstroemia, Liatris, Meniscium, Piptadenia, Philip Miller, Thomas Martyn, Plants of the coast of Coromandel (Roxburgh)

Resumen

Se evalúa la importancia nomenclatural de la monumental revisión (y ampliación) del Philip Miller’s Gardeners dictionary, de Thomas Martyn, a saber, el desconcertantemente olvidado The gardener's and botanist's dictionary ([1795–]1807), con especial referencia a la botánica del Nuevo Mundo. Se discuten las fechas de publicación de sus partes constituyentes; un recurso clave es la evidencia interna, la cita de obras publicadas recientemente, en particular Plants of the coast of Coromandel de Roxburgh, cuyas fechas de publicación también se hacen más precisas mediante el examen de los registros de la Royal Society de Londres. Además de afianzar los nombres actualmente aceptados en Lagerstroemia (Lythraceae), Liatris (Compositae) y Meniscium (Thelypteridaceae), se identifican otras adiciones y correcciones a las bases de datos actuales, descartándose aquí las que afectan a nombres actualmente aceptados. Sólo se propone una nueva combinación en Ctenodon (Leguminosae), aunque Croton cochinchinensis Martyn podría ser un nombre anterior de C. cascarilloides Raeusch. (Euphorbiaceae), mientras que Mimosa carthagenensis Martyn (Leguminosae) se lectotipifica de tal manera que entra definitivamente en la sinonimia de Piptadenia retusa (Jacq.) P.J. Ribeiro & al. (Leguminosae).

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2024-07-09

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Mabberley, D. J., & Wajer, J. (2024). Notes on the Latin names of some gayfeathers and the further New World significance of Thomas Martyn’s edition (1795–1807) of Philip Miller’s Gardeners Dictionary. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 18(1), 95–104. https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v18.i1.1341