Setaria sphacelata Stapf & C.E.Hubb. ex M.B.Moss

, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1929(6): 184, 195 (1929), nom. inval. BHL
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:421814-1
Publication
Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew. Kew
Collation
1929(6): 184, 195
Date of Publication
27 Jun 1929
Family as entered in IPNI
Poaceae

Original Data

Remarks
Panicum sphacelatum

Nomenclatural Notes

Status: nom. inval. nom. subnud.

Remarks

Some authors presumed S. sphacelata as a comb. nov. based on Panicum sphacelatum Schumach (1827), but Moss did not refer to the basionym directly or indirectly. The short description (A grass 3 ft. high) provided within the protologue is non-diagnostic and inadequate for a valid publication; therefore, the St. Louis Code Art. 33.2 does not apply. [Moss provided similar description for other grasses, e.g., Digitaria uniglumis (A grass 2 ft. high), Exotheca abyssinica (A grass 2 ft. high)]. See: Kartesz & Gandhi, Phytologia 69: 306-307. 1990.