Calamagrostis neglecta

Discussion of the taxon / Таксоны / Forum

Calamagrostis neglecta Gaertner, Meyer & Scherbius, Oek.-techn. Fl. Wetter. 1, p. 94, 1799, is illegitimate, being based on Arundo neglecta Ehrhart, Beitr. Naturk. 6, p. 84 & 137, 1791, which is a superfluous substitute for Arundo Halleri Willd. which in turn is Agrostis calamagrostis L. Wildenow's name Arundo Halleri is a legitimate one, since he changed the epithet to Halleri because there was already an Arundo calamagrostis L. quite independent of Agrostis calamagrostis L. Therefore, Ehrhart should not have changed the name Arundo Halleri to A. neglecta, and Gaertner, Meyer & Scherbius should have adopted the epithet Halleri under Calamagrostis. Furthermore, a misidentification is involved, because Agrostis calamagrostis L. is a species of Achnatherum, which belongs to the tribe Stipeae. The first legitimate name for the species in question is Arundo stricta Timm in Siemssen, Mag. Naturk. & Oek. Meklenb. 2, p. 235, 1795; this is not invalidated by Arundo stricta Gilib., Exercit. phytol. II, p. 542, 1792, which is published in a work in which the system of binary nomenclature for species is not consistently employed. Thus, the correct name for the species is Calamagrostis stricta (Timm) Koeler, Descr. Gram. p. 105, 1802. As a synonym may be cited C. neglecta G., M. & Sch. pro parte quoad Ehrh. cal no. 118. I am grateful to Mr. J. E. Dandy for the above information.