Notoceras hispanicum Candolle (1821: 204)

Ferrer-Gallego, P. Pablo & Laguna, Emilio, 2021, Notes on the nomenclatural types of Notoceras bicorne (Cruciferae) and its heterotypic synonyms, Phytotaxa 496 (2), pp. 195-200 : 199

Notoceras hispanicum Candolle (1821: 204)

Candolle (1821: 204) published the name Notoceras hispanicum included a description “N. [ Notoceras ] siliquis bicornibus, petalis inaequalibus, foliis integris, pilis strigosis centro adfixis bipartitis confertissimis”, followed by the name “ Diceratium prostratum Lag ! el. hort. madr. 1815. p. 20.*”, the provenance “Hab. locis ruderatis arenosocalcareis Orcelis Murciae et Granatensis regni (Lag.). fl. per. totum annum (v. s. sp.)”, and the comment “Priori nimis affinis. Differre tamen videtur habitu minore rigidiore magis prostrato; superficie totâ pilis multó magis confertis canescente; foliis angustioribus ferè linearibus; petalis (ex cl. Lagasca) duobus exterioribus calyce undè corolla irregularis evadit.”

As Candolle cited “ Diceratium prostratum . Lag! el. [ Elenchus ] hort. madr. 1815. p. 20”, this phrase is a citation of the previously validated name by Lagasca (1816: 20) supplied with a direct reference to a place of its validation since “ Elenchus plantarum ” includes complete text of simultaneously published “ Genera et species plantarum ” with the same pagination (see Stafleu & Cowan 1979: 721, available at https://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/tl-2/browse. cfm?vol=2#page/747). Therefore, the name N. hispanicum is an illegitimate superfluous name for D. prostratum (Art. 52.2 (e) of the ICN, see Turland et al. 2018).