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Peridictyon

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Peridictyon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Peridictyon
Seberg, Fred. & Baden
Species:
P. sanctum
Binomial name
Peridictyon sanctum
(Janka) Seberg, Fred. & Baden, nom. inval.
Synonyms[1]
  • Agropyron sanctum (Janka) Hackel e Formánek
  • Brachypodium sanctum (Janka) Janka
  • Festuca sancta Janka
  • Festucopsis sancta (Janka) Meld.

Peridictyon is a name that has been used for a genus of grass with a single species, Peridictyon sanctum, native to southern Bulgaria and northern Greece,[1] but a technical problem with the publication means that it is not a botanical name.

Taxonomy

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When the genus name Peridictyon was published,[1] the authors cited the type as the combinatio nova P. sanctum (Janka) Seberg, Fred. & Baden, based on Festuca sancta Janka. What they did not notice, however, is that the description provided in the publication of F. sancta Janka[2] includes remarks about finding the species, but does not list any features of the plant that would distinguish it from other species in the genus Festuca as is required by the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants.[3] This oversight has been judged by Index Nominum Genericorum to mean that Peridictyon (and P. sanctum) are not validly published.[4]

The genus is placed in the tribe Triticeae.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Seberg, O.; Signe, F.; Baden, C.; Linde-Laursen, I. (1991), "Peridictyon, a new genus from the Balkan Peninsula, and its relationship with Festucopsis (Poaceae)", Willdenowia, 21 (1/2): 87–104, JSTOR 3996595
  2. ^ "Letter from Janka to the journal from Salonich, 8 August 1871", Österreichische botanische Zeitschrift, 21: 249–252, 1871 (in German)
  3. ^ McNeill, J.; Barrie, F.R.; Buck, W.R.; Demoulin, V.; Greuter, W.; Hawksworth, D.L.; Herendeen, P.S.; Knapp, S.; Marhold, K.; Prado, J.; Prud'homme Van Reine, W.F.; Smith, G.F.; Wiersema, J.H.; Turland, N.J. (2012), International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code) adopted by the Eighteenth International Botanical Congress Melbourne, Australia, July 2011, vol. Regnum Vegetabile 154, A.R.G. Gantner Verlag KG, ISBN 978-3-87429-425-6 Articles 6.10 and 38
  4. ^ Index Nominum Genericorum, retrieved 3 April 2016
  5. ^ Yen, Chi & Yang, Junliang (2022). "The Biosystematics of Genus Peridictyon". Biosystematics of Triticeae. Vol. V. Genera: Campeiostachys, Elymus, Pascopyrum, Lophopyrum, Trichopyrum, Hordelymus, Festucopsis, Peridictyon, and Psammopyrum. Singapore: Springer. pp. 623–630. doi:10.1007/978-981-19-0015-0.