Villar, J.L.; Alonso, M.Á.; Crespo, M.B.; Martínez-Azorín, M. Nomenclatural Type Identification of Names in North African Tamarix (Tamaricaceae). Plants2023, 12, 3969.
Villar, J.L.; Alonso, M.Á.; Crespo, M.B.; Martínez-Azorín, M. Nomenclatural Type Identification of Names in North African Tamarix (Tamaricaceae). Plants 2023, 12, 3969.
Villar, J.L.; Alonso, M.Á.; Crespo, M.B.; Martínez-Azorín, M. Nomenclatural Type Identification of Names in North African Tamarix (Tamaricaceae). Plants2023, 12, 3969.
Villar, J.L.; Alonso, M.Á.; Crespo, M.B.; Martínez-Azorín, M. Nomenclatural Type Identification of Names in North African Tamarix (Tamaricaceae). Plants 2023, 12, 3969.
Abstract
Tamarix is native to Eurasia, plus the northern and southern territories of Africa, with some species being introduced into America and Oceania. They are usually found in arid, desertic or subdesertic areas, often on saline or subsaline soils, under Mediterranean, Temperate or Subtropical climates. The genus is renowned by its complex taxonomy, which has usually based on rather variable or unstable characters, which led to contrasting taxonomic treatments. As part of the taxonomic revision of Tamarix undertaken by the authors, nine names (i.e., T. africana, T. bounopoea, T. malenconiana, T. muluyana, T. tenuifolia, T. tingitana, T. trabutii, T. valdesquamigera, and T. weyleri) published from material collected in the southwestern parts of the Mediterranean basin are taxonomically and nomenclaturally discussed after analysing their original and/or type material. Seven intended holotypes are corrected here to lectotypes; one epitype is designated for T. africana to warrant current use of the name; and one isotype, 27 isolectotypes and 11 syntypes are also identified for the studied names. Further, the taxonomic identity of all names and their eventual synonymic placement are accordingly discussed.
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