Gahnia hectorii Kirk

Details

Name scientific

Gahnia hectorii Kirk (1877)

Preferred name

Gahnia pauciflora Kirk

Taxonomy reference

Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. 1970: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. II. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Monocotyledones except Gramineae. Botany Division DSIR, Wellington.

Nomenclature

Original authors

Kirk

Authors

Kirk

Year published

1877

The classical Latin name is Hector, gen. Hectoris, not “Hectorus”. This being so, genitive epithets “hectori” would be correctable to "hectorii", especially if honouring modern persons with the family name Hector, "Hectorii" is to be preferred epithet. For species (if any) commemorating the ancient Greek hero, hectoris would be preferable.

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Gahnia hectorii Kirk

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Gahnia hectorii

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Cyperaceae

Genus

Gahnia

Species

hectorii

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Gahnia hectorii Kirk

Gahnia hectori Kirk

Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. (1970)

Gahnia pauciflora Kirk

Metadata

Record id

1065b11a-70fa-47b3-b320-c773db97fa9b

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

17 April 2009

Date last updated

7 June 2022

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