Gardenia spatulifolia Stapf & Hutch.
Details
Gardenia spatulifolia Stapf & Hutch., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 38: 424 (1909)
Nomenclature
Stapf & Hutch.
Stapf & Hutch.
1909
424
ICN
Gardenia spatulifolia Stapf & Hutch.
species
Gardenia spatulifolia
Classification
Notes
editorial
The epithet has also been spelled as "spathulifolia" but the protologue has "spatulifolia".
A discussion elsewhere, on the spelling of "spatulata" and "spathulata" as specific epithets in Drosera, is relevant:
"In almost all other botanical names for "spoon shaped", the spelling is "spathulata" (like Nepenthes spathulata). But for some reason when D. spatulata was first described they spelt it without the "h". Since botanical names always go back to the first to describe the species, the correct version is D. spatulata.
The Latin (originally Greek) expressions "spatulata" and "spathulata" are both valid, and they can be used alternatively in an original description (protologue). But once published, it is the “original” spelling (in the line that continues of this particular word) that has to be retained."
Metadata
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scientific name
Names_Plants
12 October 2021
12 October 2021