Entries as of 27 Sep 2000
Abatia through Azolla
Baccharis through Byttneria
Cabomba through Cytinus
Dacrycarpus through Fumaria
Gaertnera through Ixora
Jaborosa through Myxopyrum
Nageia through Quillaja
Rafflesia through Syringa
Tabernemontana through Zygophyllum
See Listing of suprageneric names arranged by families
The following listing of validly published extant vascular plant suprageneric names based on a generic stem may be divided into two parts. Names at and above the rank of family (except suborder) include all known to me to have been published from 1753 to the present. Suprageneric names at the rank of suborder and below the rank of family (e.g., subfamily, tribe and subtribe), however, are restricted presently to those known to me published from 1753 until approximately 1899. The list contains nearly 6500 names.
Information on each name is restricted to the authorship and place of publication. Additional information, especially relating to the mode of validation, may be obtained by writing to me.
A careful review of the entire listing will show that I have yet to confirm some names as to their correct place of publication. I have taken some information from secondary sources noting this fact by citing the page numbers as "000" or "xxx". Needless to say, should one find such a name and have access to the publication, I would appreciate a copy of the work or at least the appropriate pages.
It is important to note that I have concentrated my search of the literature for names below the rank of family to the holdings of the libraries at the National Agriculture Library and at the University of Maryland, College Park. As a result, some critical works (especially journals) have not been examined. Therefore, I may report here a later place of publication for a name unaware that it was published earlier. If one finds such an error on my part, I would appreciate a copy of the work or at least the appropriate pages.
I have limited access to eastern European type fonts. As a consequence, some titles are rendered incorrectly in this listing and in the database. The most critical are the two works by Berchtold and Presl, both with the same title, in which I have rendered a key word "Prir." this being the closest I can approach with the available fonts. See TL-II for the correct typography.
I have yet to determine the correct orthography of some names. For the most part I have retained the classical rendition of the names. I would appreciate being informed of any orthographic errors one might find.
In a work of this kind, I have reviewed a great deal of literature not normally consulted by monographers. This is appropriate when attempting to compile lists of validly published names. The fact that a name is validated in a published notice of a scientific meeting before the paper is formally published in the journal is just a fact of life. Likewise, names not validly published in the original article may be validated in a published review of that article. Dictionaries, encyclopedias and text books can be a source of names that are often overlooked.
To some degree this task is a thankless one for all too often people blame the messenger. I have no vested interest in any name. I do not attempt to ascertain the significance of the nomenclature; all I do is indicate what names are available. If a given name, heretofore not used for a particular circumscription is not the one in current use, blame those who failed to find the earlier name, not me. However, if one is aware of any earlier name, and it is validly published and legitimate, then please provide me with the information. To ascertain if a name is valid, see the present International Code of Botanical Nomenclature and my comments.
Above all, this listing should be regarded as dynamic and subject to change and correction. Help of any sort is appreciated.
Prior to my retirement in August of 1999, this project is supported by the Norton-Brown Herbarium at the University of Maryland under the auspices of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy and with the cooperation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library I appreciate the continued cooperation of these institutions, especially NAL.
For more information, contact me at jr19@umail.umd.edu or write to the Norton-Brown Herbarium, H.J. Patterson Hall, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-5815.
NOTE: The information presented here does not reflect the bizarre treatment of conserved family listed in App. II in the new funeral-black edition of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (Greuter, et al., Regnum Veg. 138). I have asked the Committee of Spermatophyta to review the curious decisions reached by the Editorial Committee for the Code believing that their treatment of numerous names will be found not to be supported by provisions in the Code.
