A note on four historical names recorded in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae)

Gideon F. Smith; Ronell R. Klopper; Estrela Figueiredo; Neil R. Crouch; Mary E. Barkworth

doi:10.25223/brad.n31.2013.a15

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Gideon F. Smith,^1,2,3 Ronell R. Klopper,^1,2 Estrela Figueiredo,^3,4 Neil R. Crouch,^5,6 Mary E. Barkworth⁷

¹Biosystematics Research and Biodiversity Collections Division, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Private Bag X101, Pretoria, 0001 South Africa (email: ; ). G.Smith@sanbi.org.za R.Klopper@sanbi.org.za
²H.G.W.J. Schweickerdt Herbarium, Department of Plant Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002 South Africa.
³Centre for Functional Ecology, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Universidade de Coimbra, 3001-455 Coimbra, Portugal.
⁴Department of Botany, PO Box 77000, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, 6031 South Africa (email: ). estrelafigueiredo@hotmail.com
⁵Ethnobotany Unit, South African National Biodiversity Institute, P.O. Box 52099, 4007 Berea Road, South Africa (email: ) N.Crouch@sanbi.org.za
⁶School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 4041 Durban, South Africa.
⁷Intermountain Herbarium, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-5305, U.S.A. (email: ) mary.barkworth@usu.edu

Abstract

We show that of four previously unrecorded, but recently unearthed names in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae), none has an impact on the species-rank nomenclature of the genus as currently accepted. Although nomenclatural stability is not here impacted, we argue that such long-hidden names that are now visible as part of the nomenclature applicable to Aloe have the potential to unnecessarily or inappropriately disrupt the status quo. The same will apply to other taxa for which the existence of historical names has been recorded. A formal mechanism must be introduced through the Code to lessen or, ideally, entirely prevent such names displacing ones long in use.

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Gideon F. Smith, Ronell R. Klopper, Estrela Figueiredo, Neil R. Crouch, and Mary E. Barkworth "A note on four historical names recorded in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae)," Bradleya 2013(31), 128-132, (1 August 2013). https://doi.org/10.25223/brad.n31.2013.a15

Published: 1 August 2013

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