VALIDITY QF NEW GENERIC NAMES USED BY LINNAEUS IM STICKMAlVS HERBARIUM AMBQINENSE 



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D. H. Nicolson 

 Jfuly 1974 



. _ Summary 



Review o£ the first edition (1754) indicates that 

 Myristica is first validly published here. The genera 



cited in footnotes ( Canar ium , Casuarina , Pandanus and 

 Globba) were not accepted and, for that reason, are not 



validly published. In the Appendix to the second edition 



(1759), the following genera are accepted and validly 

 published: Durio , Casuarina , Canar ium , Alopecuro-ffer.Q.nica 

 and Pseudo -sandalum. Pseudo -sandalum L. (1759) has priority 

 0yer Osmoxylo n Miq. (18 63) which should be considered for 

 conservation . 



Dandy (Regn. Veg. 51: 15. 1967) notes that this work 

 is "A list of plants figured in Rumphius ' s Herb . Amb . 

 (1741-50) with the equivalent Linnaean botanical names 

 (where available) given in the right hand columns , the 

 Linnaean generic names being printed in Roman type." 



Thus, it would appear that there is no doubt that the 

 names appearing in the right hand column in Roman type 

 were accepted by Linnaeus . Dandy states that the only 



new generic name validly published is Pterocarp us (p . 10) 

 which refers to the pr evious ^ descr iption in Liimaeus ! 

 tlora . Zeylanica. It must be noted that , even had Linnaeus 



