Spergularia bocconei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
Genus: | Spergularia |
Species: | S. bocconei
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Binomial name | |
Spergularia bocconei (Scheele) Graebn.
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Spergularia bocconei, Boccone's sandspurry, [1] Greek sea-spurrey [2] or Boccone's sea-spurrey, is a species of the genus Spergularia, in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is named after the Sicilian botanist Paolo Boccone. Scheele first published it as Alsine bocconi in 1843. [3] It was transferred to the genus Spergularia by Graebner in 1919. [4] [5] Pedersen placed the species in genus Spergula in 1984. [6]
The epithet used for this name is often spelled as bocconi, following the first usage by Scheele. This epithet is formed from a latinized form of Boccone's name: "Bocconus". Boccone however, rarely used a latinized form of his name: in all his books for example, even the ones in Latin, his name appears on the title page as "Paolo Boccone", contrary to the practice of the time. [7] It is clear that Boccone's name does not possess a well-established latinized form. [8] Hence the epithet should be formed in accordance with ICBN (Vienna Code) Recommendation 60C.1(a), which dictates that epithets derived from personal names ending in a vowel should be formed by adding the appropriate inflection, which is "-i" in the case of a single male. Thus bocconei is the only proper form. [9] [10] Graebner used this form of the epithet when he transferred the species to the genus Spergularia in 1919.
Spergularia bocconei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
Genus: | Spergularia |
Species: | S. bocconei
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Binomial name | |
Spergularia bocconei (Scheele) Graebn.
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Spergularia bocconei, Boccone's sandspurry, [1] Greek sea-spurrey [2] or Boccone's sea-spurrey, is a species of the genus Spergularia, in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is named after the Sicilian botanist Paolo Boccone. Scheele first published it as Alsine bocconi in 1843. [3] It was transferred to the genus Spergularia by Graebner in 1919. [4] [5] Pedersen placed the species in genus Spergula in 1984. [6]
The epithet used for this name is often spelled as bocconi, following the first usage by Scheele. This epithet is formed from a latinized form of Boccone's name: "Bocconus". Boccone however, rarely used a latinized form of his name: in all his books for example, even the ones in Latin, his name appears on the title page as "Paolo Boccone", contrary to the practice of the time. [7] It is clear that Boccone's name does not possess a well-established latinized form. [8] Hence the epithet should be formed in accordance with ICBN (Vienna Code) Recommendation 60C.1(a), which dictates that epithets derived from personal names ending in a vowel should be formed by adding the appropriate inflection, which is "-i" in the case of a single male. Thus bocconei is the only proper form. [9] [10] Graebner used this form of the epithet when he transferred the species to the genus Spergularia in 1919.