Abstract
The International Botanical Congress governs plant nomenclature worldwide through the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. In the current code are very specific procedures for naming plants with novel compound epithets, and correcting compound epithets, like
rhexifolia, that were incorrectly combined.We discuss why
rhexiifolia is now preferred.
Keywords
Castilleja,
International Code of Botanical Nomenclature,
ICBN,
IBC
Citation
Dumroese, R. Kasten; Skinner, Mark W. 2005.
Rhexifolia versus
Rhexiifolia: Plant Nomenclature Run Amok?. In: Nativeplants, Spring 2005, p. 59-60