Proposal to conserve the name Mulinum microphyllum (Apiaceae: Azorelloideae) with a conserved type

FERNÁNDEZ, M; MARTÍNEZ, S. G.; CALVIÑO, C. I.

TAXON

INT ASSOC PLANT TAXONOMY

Lugar: Viena; Año: 2016 vol. 65 p. 396 - 397

0040-0262

As a result of considerations of typification and application of theprinciple of priority, Mulinum microphyllum would become the correctname for M. hallei, while the entity commonly called ?Mulinummicrophyllum? would become Mulinum morenonis (Kuntze) Speg.(in Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 7: 295. 1902), based on Huanacamorenonis Kuntze (Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 113. 1898), the earliestlegitimate name applicable. To avoid the confusion generated by thestrict application of the rules and to conserve the current usage ofthese names, we propose the conservation of the basionym Selinummicrophyllum from its place of valid publication with a different type.The ICN states under Art. 57.1 that ?a name that has been widelyand persistently used for a taxon or taxa not including its type is notto be used in a sense that conflicts with current usage unless and untila proposal to deal with it under Arts. 14.1 or 56.1 has been submittedand rejected?. In this case we believe that the conservation of Selinummicrophyllum with a conserved type would maintain in use Mulinummicrophyllum, one of the oldest names of the genus, conserving thesense that has been consistently and widely used in the literature andin herbarium practices, as well as the current use of M. hallei. Thelectotype of M. hallei will be designated in a taxonomic revision ofthe genus Mulinum.