Daustinia, a replacement name for Austinia (Convolvulaceae)

Abstract

Buril et al. (2013) transferred a Brazilian species of Jacquemontia Choisy to the new genus Austinia Buril & A.R. Simões, named after Daniel F. Austin (1943–2015 ). However, the name Austinia was already occupied by a genus of a moss family, Fabroniaceae, described in 1875 by Johann Karl August Müller. The later homonym Austinia Buril & A.R. Simões is, therefore, not legitimate according to the Article 53.1 of the International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi and Plants (McNeill et al. 2012).