(2545) proposal to conserve the name hypopitys (ericaceae) with a conserved type

Abstract

The members of the Morelloid clade of Solanum (the black nightshades sensu Särkinen & al. in Taxon 64: 945?958. 2015) have long been considered difficult, and with many European taxa at many ranks, are nomenclaturally complex (e.g., Edmonds in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 89: 165?170. 1984). As part of a revision of the Old World taxa in this group, we have encountered two names that have priorityover names in current use, and whose uptake would cause considerable confusion in an already complex group. The actions proposed here will stabilise nomenclature for species of the Morelloid clade of Solanum, and prevent use of these destabilising names in the future.