Thesium longiperianthium (Santalaceae), a new replacement name for T. brevibracteatum P.C.Tam

Xuehong Xu; Wenjun Li; Khabibullo F Shomurodov; Ozodbek Abduraimov; Shukui Niu

doi:10.3897/BDJ.8.e59007

Thesium longiperianthium (Santalaceae), a new replacement name for T. brevibracteatum P.C.Tam

Biodivers Data J. 2020 Nov 6:8:e59007. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e59007. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Xuehong Xu¹, Wenjun Li^{2

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4}, Khabibullo F Shomurodov⁵, Ozodbek Abduraimov⁵, Shukui Niu¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University Beijing China.
² State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, China State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences Urumqi China.
³ The Specimen Museum of Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, China The Specimen Museum of Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences Urumqi China.
⁴ University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.
⁵ Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistan.

Abstract

Background: Thesium brevibracteatum P.C.Tam was described, based on the specimen L.C.Chiu 5128 collected from Inner Mongolia, China. The name Thesium brevibracteatum Sumnev. is validly published and described for the type (Korotkova E. E. et Titov V. S. 1502) collected from Uzbekistan. T. brevibracteatum P.C.Tam is a later homonym of T. brevibracteatum Sumnev.

New information: We propose T. longiperianthium as the replacemen name for T. brevibracteatum P.C. Tam.

Keywords: Inner Mongolia; Thesium brevibracteatum; homonym; replacement name.

Xuehong Xu, Wenjun Li, Khabibullo F Shomurodov, Ozodbek Abduraimov, Shukui Niu.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Youth Innovation Promotion Association Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No.2019429) and Research Center for Ecology and Environment of Central Asia (RCEECA-2018-003).