Taxonomic identity of Camelina armeniaca, a forgotten early name in Camelina (Brassicaceae)

The long-forgotten and taxonomically problematic name Camelina armeniaca Desv. is one of the earliest speciesʼ names published in Camelina (Brassicaceae; Cruciferae). Because of that, the issue of its proper taxonomic application was important for the nomenclatural stability of taxa belonging to the...

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Main Authors: Sergei L. Mosyakin, Rostislav Y. Blume
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Published: Nature Research Centre 2022-12-01
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Online Access:https://botanicalithuanica.gamtc.lt/en/publication/905/taxonomic-identity-of-icamelina-armeniacai-a-forgotten-early-name-in-icamelinai-brassicaceae
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description The long-forgotten and taxonomically problematic name Camelina armeniaca Desv. is one of the earliest speciesʼ names published in Camelina (Brassicaceae; Cruciferae). Because of that, the issue of its proper taxonomic application was important for the nomenclatural stability of taxa belonging to the C. sativa–C. microcarpa aggregate and containing the important oilseed and biofuel crop C. sativa and its wild relatives and progenitors. The name Camelina armeniaca is lectotypified here with the specimen P00652666 from the Tournefort Herbarium (Herbarium Tournefortianum No. 1634) in P, following the direct reference in the protologue. Judging from the morphological characters of the lectotype, taxonomically, it represents a morphotype of C. sativa sensu lato, probably most closely matching C. caucasica (C. sativa var. caucasica) from a morphological viewpoint. Contrary to the recent listing of C. armeniaca in synonymy (!) of C. microcarpa in several main biodiversity databases (such as GBIF, POWO, etc.), we conclude that C. armeniaca is definitely not conspecific with C. microcarpa. Because of that, nomenclatural conservation of the latter name against the earlier one is unnecessary, as well as a possible proposal to reject the name C. armeniaca. We prefer to treat C. armeniaca as a taxonomic synonym of C. sativa. A corrected typification (lectotypification and epitypification) of the name C. sativa var. caucasica is also provided.
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spelling doaj.art-4255b2d86e0f4ef9a94bb552341530cc2022-12-23T07:16:01ZengNature Research CentreBotanica2538-86492538-86572022-12-012828190https://doi.org/10.35513/Botlit.2022.2.1Taxonomic identity of Camelina armeniaca, a forgotten early name in Camelina (Brassicaceae)Sergei L. Mosyakin0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3570-3190Rostislav Y. Blume1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4936-1803M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of UkraineInstitute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics, National Academy of Sciences of UkraineThe long-forgotten and taxonomically problematic name Camelina armeniaca Desv. is one of the earliest speciesʼ names published in Camelina (Brassicaceae; Cruciferae). Because of that, the issue of its proper taxonomic application was important for the nomenclatural stability of taxa belonging to the C. sativa–C. microcarpa aggregate and containing the important oilseed and biofuel crop C. sativa and its wild relatives and progenitors. The name Camelina armeniaca is lectotypified here with the specimen P00652666 from the Tournefort Herbarium (Herbarium Tournefortianum No. 1634) in P, following the direct reference in the protologue. Judging from the morphological characters of the lectotype, taxonomically, it represents a morphotype of C. sativa sensu lato, probably most closely matching C. caucasica (C. sativa var. caucasica) from a morphological viewpoint. Contrary to the recent listing of C. armeniaca in synonymy (!) of C. microcarpa in several main biodiversity databases (such as GBIF, POWO, etc.), we conclude that C. armeniaca is definitely not conspecific with C. microcarpa. Because of that, nomenclatural conservation of the latter name against the earlier one is unnecessary, as well as a possible proposal to reject the name C. armeniaca. We prefer to treat C. armeniaca as a taxonomic synonym of C. sativa. A corrected typification (lectotypification and epitypification) of the name C. sativa var. caucasica is also provided.https://botanicalithuanica.gamtc.lt/en/publication/905/taxonomic-identity-of-icamelina-armeniacai-a-forgotten-early-name-in-icamelinai-brassicaceaecamelina sativacruciferaelectotypenomenclaturetypification
spellingShingle Sergei L. Mosyakin
Rostislav Y. Blume
Taxonomic identity of Camelina armeniaca, a forgotten early name in Camelina (Brassicaceae)
Botanica
camelina sativa
cruciferae
lectotype
nomenclature
typification
title Taxonomic identity of Camelina armeniaca, a forgotten early name in Camelina (Brassicaceae)
title_full Taxonomic identity of Camelina armeniaca, a forgotten early name in Camelina (Brassicaceae)
title_fullStr Taxonomic identity of Camelina armeniaca, a forgotten early name in Camelina (Brassicaceae)
title_full_unstemmed Taxonomic identity of Camelina armeniaca, a forgotten early name in Camelina (Brassicaceae)
title_short Taxonomic identity of Camelina armeniaca, a forgotten early name in Camelina (Brassicaceae)
title_sort taxonomic identity of camelina armeniaca a forgotten early name in camelina brassicaceae
topic camelina sativa
cruciferae
lectotype
nomenclature
typification
url https://botanicalithuanica.gamtc.lt/en/publication/905/taxonomic-identity-of-icamelina-armeniacai-a-forgotten-early-name-in-icamelinai-brassicaceae
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