Arcadia L. in
(2023):
(2995) Proposal to conserve the name Diplotomma chlorophaeum (Hepp ex Leight.) K.P. Singh & S.R. Singh against D. chlorophaeum Szatala (lichenized Ascomycota) -
Taxon,
72(6): 1365–1366
The lichen originally described as Lecidea chlorophaea Hepp ex Leight. (Lich. Fl. Gr. Brit.: 328. 1871) belongs in Diplotomma according to current generic concepts. Szatala (in Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 48: 280. 1956) intended to make the combination D. chlorophaeum, but did not cite the place of publication of Leighton’s name and consequently his combination, as such, is not validly published (Art. 41.5, Turland & al. in Regnum Veg. 159. 2018). However, Szatala did include a Latin description, …
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