tree-logo.gif (7741 bytes) Plant Taxonomy (BIOL308)  -  Stephen G. Saupe, Ph.D.; Biology Department, College of St. Benedict/St. John's University, Collegeville, MN 56321; ssaupe@csbsju.edu; http://www.employees.csbsju.edu/ssaupe/

Nomenclature Exercise:  Naming a Sunflower

The following names have been published for a small weedy perennial of the southwestern United States. Names with the same specific epithet are based on the same holotype.

The following names have been validly published for unrelated species:

1.  What is the correct name for this plant if, in your taxonomic opinion, it belongs in the genus:

  1. Aster
  2. Leucelene

2.  For each, indicate why the synonyms are invalid (i.e., taxonomic synonym, nomenclatural synonym, homonym, tautonym).


(this exercise is adapted from Dr. D.A. Young, Bot 260, University of Illinois)

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