Triticale: a Case of Nomenclatural Mistreatment
Abstract
Summary A brief history of the wheat-rye hybrid triticale is provided, and an as complete as possible list of published names referring to this taxon is annotated with nomenclatural details. Only 2 of 6 generic names and 2 of 33 specific names appear to be valid and legitimate. The correct nothogeneric name for plants derived from Triticum × Secale crosses is × Triticosecale Wittmack ex A. Camus. No correct name at species level is available for the commonest crop triticales. It is recommended that crop triticales be named by appending the cultivar name to the nothogeneric name, e.g. × Triticosecale 'Newton'.
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Taxon
- Pub Date:
- May 1987
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- Bibcode:
- 1987Taxon..36..445S