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IRMNG taxon detailsLonchopteris A.T. Brongniart, 1828 †
fossil only
Not documented
Taxonomic remark From Herendeen, 2021: The genus Lonchopteris Brongn. was established for fossil foliage of Carboniferous and Cretaceous...
Taxonomic remark From Herendeen, 2021: The genus Lonchopteris Brongn. was established for fossil foliage of Carboniferous and Cretaceous age. The genus is now widely known as a group of Carboniferous age pteridosperms comprising ca. 37 species. However, under current rules of botanical nomenclature that understanding and circumscription of the genus are in contradiction to its type, Lonchopteris mantellii Brongn., the only validly published species name included in the protologue. Although L. mantellii is the correct type, the species was later excluded from Lonchopteris and placed in the distinct, unrelated fern genus Weichselia Stiehler as W. reticulata (Sternb.) Ward, and has been recognized as a fossil matonialean fern. ... The problem can only be resolved by conservation, and selection of L. rugosa Brongn. as the conserved type is consistent with current use. ... The Committee was convinced of the importance of this conservation action and voted unanimously to support the proposal. [details]
IRMNG (2022). Lonchopteris A.T. Brongniart, 1828 †. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1353089 on 2025-04-03
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Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature] (2007 version). , available online at https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/ing/ [details]
additional source Doweld, A. B. (2019). (2684) Proposal to conserve the name Lonchopteris with a conserved type (fossil Spermatophyta, Pachytestales). <em>Taxon.</em> 68(2): 412-413., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12046 [details] verified source for family Cleal, C. J.; Shute, C. H. (2012). The systematic and palaeoecological value of foliage anatomy in Late Palaeozoic medullosalean seed-plants. <em>Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.</em> 10(4): 765-800., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2011.634442 note: as Alethopteridaceae; type genus (Alethopteris) is listed in Pachytestaceae in Novikoff & Barabasz-Krasny, 2015 [details] name verified source Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature] (2007 version). , available online at https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/ing/ [details] current name source Herendeen, P. S. (2021). Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Fossils: 14. <em>Taxon.</em> 70(3): 670-673., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12520 note: recommended as nom. cons., with new type, refer note [details] extant flag source Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature] (2007 version). , available online at https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/ing/ [details] habitat flag source as per family [details] Unreviewed
Descriptive info Foliage; Carboniferous; Mines of Anzin, Saint-Brice, France. (Index Nominum Genericorum) [details]Taxonomic remark From Herendeen, 2021: The genus Lonchopteris Brongn. was established for fossil foliage of Carboniferous and Cretaceous age. The genus is now widely known as a group of Carboniferous age pteridosperms comprising ca. 37 species. However, under current rules of botanical nomenclature that understanding and circumscription of the genus are in contradiction to its type, Lonchopteris mantellii Brongn., the only validly published species name included in the protologue. Although L. mantellii is the correct type, the species was later excluded from Lonchopteris and placed in the distinct, unrelated fern genus Weichselia Stiehler as W. reticulata (Sternb.) Ward, and has been recognized as a fossil matonialean fern. ... The problem can only be resolved by conservation, and selection of L. rugosa Brongn. as the conserved type is consistent with current use. ... The Committee was convinced of the importance of this conservation action and voted unanimously to support the proposal. [details] |
