The problematic genus Problematospermum
The problematic genus Problematospermum
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DOI:
10.1002/tax.12722
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发表时间:
2022-04
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影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
P. Herendeen;M. Bickner;E. Bugdaeva;S. Naugolnykh;Elena Kostina
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作者:
P. Herendeen;M. Bickner;E. Bugdaeva;S. Naugolnykh;Elena Kostina
The nameProblematospermumhas been used for Mesozoic age fossil seeds with a tuft of hairs at one end, the systematic affinity of which is uncertain. The generic name and names of two species were introduced by Turutanova‐Ketova but not validated in her 1930 publication. Paleobotanists have evidently been unaware of this because Turutanova‐Ketova is consistently cited as the authority for the names. Krassilov inadvertently validated the generic nameProblematospermumand species nameP. ovalein 1973, so the authority should be cited as “Turut.‐Ket. ex Krassilov”. This paper clarifies the nomenclatural problems surrounding these names. An additional problem is that the type specimen indicated by Krassilov is missing. A neotype is designated here to replace the missing type forP. ovale. The generic diagnosis forProblematospermumis amended to clarify contradictory interpretations in the literature.