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Taxon: Family Melanthiaceae Batsch ex Borkh. (1797), nom. cons. (plant)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Batsch, 1786 ex Borkh., 1797, nom. cons., orth. corr.
Unavailable original name:  Batsch, 1786. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jen.: 50. ["Melanthia"].
Original name:  Borkh., 1797. Bot. Wörterb. 2: 8. ["Melanthia"].
Subsequent spelling:  Wallich, 1823. Flora 6: 69.
Subsequent publication:  Batsch, 1802. Tab. Affin. Regni Veg., [2 May] 1802: 133.

Attributes

Corrected termination of typified name (: orth. corr.) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 18.1 (family)] Ref: R.D. Hoogland & J.L. Reveal, 2005. Bot. Rev. 71 (1/2): 138 ("First correct orthography"). [implicit]
Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 14, Rec. 50E.1, App. II-IV]

Types

Type: Melanthium (Genus) L. (1753)

Variants

Different rank: Melanthoideae (Subfamily)

Synonyms

Including: Chionographidaceae (Family) Takht. (1996)
Including: Heloniadaceae (Family) J.Agardh (1858)
Including: Trilliaceae (Family) Chevall. (1827), nom. cons. Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 533, 931.
Including: Veratraceae (Family) Vest (1818) Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 478.
Including: Xerophyllaceae (Family) Takht. (1996)
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