- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:269083-1
- Publication
- Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. Leipzig
- Collation
- 18(1-2): 151
- Date of Publication
- 22 Dec 1893
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Convolvulaceae
Original Data
- Remarks
- Zanzil
Nomenclatural Notes
(as incomta)
Remarks
According to B. Verdcourt (Kew Bull. 45(3): 583, footnote. 1990): Although the usually very scholarly Hans Hallier originally spelt the epithet 'incomta' in both his publications and was followed by all other botanists who referred to it in print, several specimens had been written up as 'incompta' at Kew. Investigation showed that incomtus has no meaning in Latin, whereas incomptus can mean dishevelled, unkept, shaggy etc, and is obviously what Hallier meant to employ. Dr R. K. Brummitt gave his opinion that under Art. 73.1 of the Code the spelling may and indeed should be corrected.