Ganna V. Boiko, Bohan Jiao, Yifan Liu

Nomenclatural comments on the authorship and orthography of Besserʼs Seriphidium (currently Artemisia, Asteraceae)

Abstract The proper authorship and accepted orthography of the name Seriphidium (now included in Artemisia, Asteraceae) introduced by Besser initially as “Seriphida” (“Scriphida”, sphalm.) are discussed. It is demonstrated that the names of plant groups published by Besser in 1829 (including “Abrotana” and “Dracunculi”) are, in fact, informal unranked names not directly associated with any genus name explicitly accepted by Besser in that publication. Thus, they have not been validly published. Consequently, the valid publications of the name as a ranked infrageneric taxon have been made by Lessing (as a subgenus) and Hooker (as a section). Nomenclatural citations are updated accordingly.

Doi https://doi.org/10.35513/Botlit.2025.3.2

Keywords Artemisia, Asteraceae, authorship, nomenclature, orthography, Seriphidium, taxonomy

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