The correct name in Oenothera for Gauradrummondii (Onagraceae)

Warren L Wagner; Peter C Hoch; James L Zarucchi

doi:10.3897/phytokeys.50.4886

The correct name in Oenothera for Gauradrummondii (Onagraceae)

PhytoKeys. 2015 May 27:(50):25-9. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.50.4886. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Warren L Wagner¹, Peter C Hoch², James L Zarucchi²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Botany, MRC-166, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA.
² Missouri Botanical Garden, P. O. Box 299, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-0299.

Abstract

In 2007, Wagner and Hoch proposed the new name Oenotheraxenogaura W.L.Wagner & Hoch for the species then known as Gauradrummondii (Spach) Torrey & A. Gray (non Oenotheradrummondii Hooker, 1834). However, the authors overlooked the availability of Gaurahispida Bentham (1840) for this species. Accordingly, we herewith make the appropriate new combination for this species, Oenotherahispida (Bentham) W.L.Wagner, Hoch & Zarucchi, and place Oenotheraxenogaura in synonymy.

Keywords: Gauradrummondii; Gaurahispida; Oenotherahispida; Oenotheraxenogaura; nomenclature.