Proposal to conserve the name Dyschoriste humilis (Acanthaceae) with a conserved type

EZCURRA, C; CALVIÑO, C. I.

TAXON

INT ASSOC PLANT TAXONOMY

Lugar: Viena; Año: 2015 vol. 64 p. 1057 - 1058

0040-0262

In the interest of botanical stability, preserving current usage, and to avoid the disadvantageous nomenclatural changes that a replacement name would produce, we propose the conservation of the name Dyschoriste humilis Lindau with a conserved type under Art. 14.9 of the ICN. As this best reflects current usage, it was preferred to the possible alternatives of proposing for conservation with a conserved type either Ruellia geminiflora Kunth var. humilis Griseb. (Art. 14.1 final sentence) or even Dipteracanthus humilis Nees, a name that has never been applied to the species involved.