Typification and Nomenclature Notes on Twenty-Nine Names in <i>Asparagus</i> (Asparagaceae)
Zhiyong Zhang,
Muhammad Idrees,
Fang Wang,
Nan Zhang,
Wennian Chen,
Mushtaq Ahmad,
Shazia Sultana,
Yongqing Jiao,
Xu Zheng,
Meng Li,
Zakaria H. Prodhan,
Muhammad Arfan
Affiliations
Zhiyong Zhang
College of Life Science, Neijiang Normal University, Neijiang 641000, China
Muhammad Idrees
College of Life Science, Neijiang Normal University, Neijiang 641000, China
Fang Wang
College of Life Science, Neijiang Normal University, Neijiang 641000, China
Nan Zhang
College of Life Science, Neijiang Normal University, Neijiang 641000, China
Wennian Chen
College of Life Science, Neijiang Normal University, Neijiang 641000, China
Mushtaq Ahmad
College of Life Science, Neijiang Normal University, Neijiang 641000, China
Shazia Sultana
College of Life Science, Neijiang Normal University, Neijiang 641000, China
Yongqing Jiao
State Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Center for Crop Genome Engineering, Longzi Lake Campus, College of Agronomy, Henan Agriculture University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
Xu Zheng
State Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Center for Crop Genome Engineering, Longzi Lake Campus, College of Agronomy, Henan Agriculture University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
Meng Li
Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
Zakaria H. Prodhan
College of Life Science, Neijiang Normal University, Neijiang 641000, China
Muhammad Arfan
Department of Botany, University of Education Lahore, Vehari Campus, Vehari 61100, Pakistan
Nomenclatural types for twenty-nine names belonging to the genus Asparagus are typified and discussed. The following names are lectotypified: A. altiscandens Engl. & Gilg, A. altissimus Munby, A. baumii Engl. & Gilg, A. benguellensis Baker, A. burchellii Baker, A. curillus Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb., A. deflexus Baker, A. duchesnei L.Linden, A. equisetoides Welw. ex Baker, A. fasciculatus Thunb., A. griffithii, Baker, A. homblei De Wild., A. kaessneri De Wild., A. lecardii De Wild., A. longicladus N.E.Br., A. longiflorus Franch., A. monophyllus Baker, A. palaestinus Baker, A. pastorianus Webb & Berthel., A. persicus Baker, A. poissonii H.Perrier, A. psilurus Welw. ex Baker, A. ritschardii De Wild., A. sapinii De Wild., A. scandens Thunb., A. schumanianus Schltr. ex H.Perrier, A. stellatus Baker, A. subfalcatus De Wild., and A. undulatus (L.f.) Thunb. (synonym of Dracaena undulata L.f.). A new name, Asparagus neofasciculatus, is proposed as a replacement name for A. fasciculatus Thunb., which is an illegitimate later homonym of A. fasciculatus R.Br. The original protologue of these names and the original materials are evaluated. Nomenclature remarks discussing the selection of type specimens are given for each name, and known isotypes or isolectotypes are also cited. This information could be utilized as a reference for future taxonomic and systematic studies on Asparagus around the world.
