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A new "coup de théà tre" in Sans taxonomy (!?)

roberto2
10 years ago

Sansevieria taxonomy never fails to amaze me. In the new, german speaking journal "Sansevieria Online.de" I found that this genus is no longer attributed to Carl Peter Thunberg, but to the Italian botanist Vincenzo Petagna. So, from now on, instead of Sansevieria Thunb., we should write : Sansevieria Petagna. I am very proud that , after two centuries, Petagna's priority has been eventually accepted (...as I am an Italian botanist, too!). But I cannot forget that this matter was discussed and resolved in favour of Thunberg since the year 1976 by the Taxon Committee (Marais, in :Taxon, 25(1):208, Proposal Nð411). Maybe I am missing something...or not??

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