Taxonomy Notes from Flann et al. 2010 Taxon 59: Type - (not in protologue; designated by Cassini, 1818c: 77): Ageratum corymbosum...
Taxonomy Notes from Flann et al. 2010 Taxon 59: Type - (not in protologue; designated by Cassini, 1818c: 77): Ageratum corymbosum Zuccagni Notes: ING lists the type as Coelestina (‘Caelestina’) caerulea Cass. (in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 6 (Suppl.): 8 1817), presumably a taxonomic synonym of Cassini’s designated type. Coelestina is the spelling that appears in the protologue, and it is not correctable to ‘Caelestina’ (as subsequently done by Cassini himself), as both spellings are equally correct. True, the ligatured diphthongs æ (for ae) and œ (for oe) are all but identical in some fonts, especially lower-case italics, and they were often considered to be interchangeable; but when both characters appear side by side, as in the generic protologue, they can be told apart safely. Regardless, Coelestina/Caelestina Cass. is a later homonym/parahomonym of Coelestina Hill and is unavailable for use. Incidentally, judging from the original plate, Hill’s Coelestina is nothing else than Felicia amelloides (L.) Voss and thus threatens to displace the generic name Felicia Cass. unless it is formally rejected against it. [details]
Compositae Working Group (CWG) (2021). Global Compositae Database. Coelestina Cass.. Accessed at: https://www.compositae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1077709 on 2024-10-26
original descriptionBull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1817: 10 page(s): 10 [details]
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LSID urn:lsid:compositae.org:names:80852067-EE7D-4188-A277-9A088878743A [details] Status non Hill 1761 [details] Taxonomy Notes from Flann et al. 2010 Taxon 59: Type - (not in protologue; designated by Cassini, 1818c: 77): Ageratum corymbosum Zuccagni Notes: ING lists the type as Coelestina (‘Caelestina’) caerulea Cass. (in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 6 (Suppl.): 8 1817), presumably a taxonomic synonym of Cassini’s designated type. Coelestina is the spelling that appears in the protologue, and it is not correctable to ‘Caelestina’ (as subsequently done by Cassini himself), as both spellings are equally correct. True, the ligatured diphthongs æ (for ae) and œ (for oe) are all but identical in some fonts, especially lower-case italics, and they were often considered to be interchangeable; but when both characters appear side by side, as in the generic protologue, they can be told apart safely. Regardless, Coelestina/Caelestina Cass. is a later homonym/parahomonym of Coelestina Hill and is unavailable for use. Incidentally, judging from the original plate, Hill’s Coelestina is nothing else than Felicia amelloides (L.) Voss and thus threatens to displace the generic name Felicia Cass. unless it is formally rejected against it. [details]