Rubus maroccensis Huan C. Wang & H. Sun, 2013

WANG, HUAN-CHONG, WANG, YUE-HUA & SUN, HANG, 2013, Nomenclatural changes in Rubus (Rosaceae) mostly from China, Phytotaxa 114 (1), pp. 58-60 : 58

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.114.1.6
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AD2A87DF-FFB0-FFA0-C2B1-3FE8FC9124DC
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Rubus maroccensis Huan C. Wang & H. Sun
status	nom. nov.

Treatment

Rubus maroccensis Huan C. Wang & H. Sun View in CoL , nom. nov.

Replaced name: Rubus debilis Ball (1873: 332) , nom. illeg., non Boulay (1868: 98). Type:— MOROCCO. Marrakech :

Ourika valley , at the foot of the Great Atlas, 960–1100 m, 11 May 1871, J. Ball s. n. (lectotype K-000737690!,

designated here).

Etymology: —The specific epithet derives from Morocco, the country where the species was found.

Notes: — Ball (1873: 332) proposed the name Rubus debilis for a distinct species endemic to Morocco, which Focke placed in subgenus Idaeobatus . The name R. debilis , however, had been previously used by Boulay (1868: 98) for a different French species. Thus Ball's name is a later homonym of R. debilis Boulay and illegitimate. A replacement name (nomen novum), R. maroccensis Huan C. Wang & H. Sun , is proposed here.

Ball (1873) did not cite specimens in the protologue of his Rubus debilis . The specimen J. Ball s. n. ( K000737690 ) is here chosen as the lectotype since this sheet agrees in all respects with Ball's protologue and bears Ball's handwriting " Rubus debilis nob." on the label .