Publication details
The correct name for Pulsatilla scherfelii (P. alba auct.) at subspecific level within P. alpina
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| Year of publication | 2008 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Taxon |
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| Field | Botany |
| Keywords | nomenclature; Pulsatilla alba; Pulsatilla alpina; Pulsatilla alpina subsp. alba; Pulsatilla alpina subsp. alpicola; Pulsatilla alpina subsp. austriaca; Pulsatilla scherfelii |
| Description | In recent publications both Pulsatilla alba Rchb. and Pulsatilla alpina subsp. alba Zamelis & Paegle are treated as homotypic synonyms of P. alpina (L.) Delarbre subsp. alpina. Whereas this is correct for the former, it is not true for the latter. Pulsatilla alpina subsp. alba Zamelis & Paegle (1927) is legitimate and the correct name for Pulsatilla scherfelii (Ullep.) Skalický (P. alba auct.) at subspecific level whether or not it is regarded as distinct from P. alpina subsp. austriaca Aichele & Schwegler (1957). |