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IRMNG name detailsRhamnites E. Forbes, 1851 †
11923219 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:11923219)
unaccepted > nomen nudum
Genus
fossil only
Not documented
Taxonomic remark From Doweld, 2016: The fossil genus Rhamnites Forbes (1851: 103) was first proposed on the basis of leaf remains from the...
Taxonomic remark From Doweld, 2016: The fossil genus Rhamnites Forbes (1851: 103) was first proposed on the basis of leaf remains from the Palaeocene sediments of Ardtun peninsula (Bunessan, Mull, Scotland). Forbes published the generic name without a description or a diagnosis or a reference to a former one, and named and figured the following three species: R. multinervatus Forbes (1851: 103), R. major Forbes (1851: 103) and R. lanceolatus Forbes (1851: 103). All these names are invalid. Heer (1859) highly criticized the Forbes’ designations and rejected all of them as ungrounded; therefore, the name Rhamnites Forbes was abandoned. ... the [attempted] validation of the name Rhamnites Forbes by McIver and Basinger (1993) was nomenclaturally superfluous and resulted in the proposing of a later homonym [of Rhamnites Newberry, 1868, named in the mean time] since it was not based on Forbes’ original material from Scotland, but on North American Palaeocene fossil species Rhamnus cleburnii Lesquereux (1873: 381). [details]
IRMNG (2022). Rhamnites E. Forbes, 1851 †. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11923219 on 2025-01-11
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Doweld, A. B. (2016). Nomenclatural novelties for the Palaeocene plants of North America. <em>Phytotaxa.</em> 273(3): 191., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.273.3.6 [details]
status source Doweld, A. B. (2016). Nomenclatural novelties for the Palaeocene plants of North America. <em>Phytotaxa.</em> 273(3): 191., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.273.3.6 [details] verified source for family Doweld, A. B. (2016). Nomenclatural novelties for the Palaeocene plants of North America. <em>Phytotaxa.</em> 273(3): 191., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.273.3.6 [details] name verified source Doweld, A. B. (2016). Nomenclatural novelties for the Palaeocene plants of North America. <em>Phytotaxa.</em> 273(3): 191., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.273.3.6 [details] extant flag source Doweld, A. B. (2016). Nomenclatural novelties for the Palaeocene plants of North America. <em>Phytotaxa.</em> 273(3): 191., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.273.3.6 [details] habitat flag source Doweld, A. B. (2016). Nomenclatural novelties for the Palaeocene plants of North America. <em>Phytotaxa.</em> 273(3): 191., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.273.3.6 [details] Unreviewed
Taxonomic remark From Doweld, 2016: The fossil genus Rhamnites Forbes (1851: 103) was first proposed on the basis of leaf remains from the Palaeocene sediments of Ardtun peninsula (Bunessan, Mull, Scotland). Forbes published the generic name without a description or a diagnosis or a reference to a former one, and named and figured the following three species: R. multinervatus Forbes (1851: 103), R. major Forbes (1851: 103) and R. lanceolatus Forbes (1851: 103). All these names are invalid. Heer (1859) highly criticized the Forbes’ designations and rejected all of them as ungrounded; therefore, the name Rhamnites Forbes was abandoned. ... the [attempted] validation of the name Rhamnites Forbes by McIver and Basinger (1993) was nomenclaturally superfluous and resulted in the proposing of a later homonym [of Rhamnites Newberry, 1868, named in the mean time] since it was not based on Forbes’ original material from Scotland, but on North American Palaeocene fossil species Rhamnus cleburnii Lesquereux (1873: 381). [details]
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