What you have there is what I like to call the Birth Certificate.
Sp. pl.: Short for Species Plantarum. This is the foundational book written by Carl Linnaeus.
1:15.: This indicates Volume 1, Page 15.
1753: The year of publication, and in this case pretty much the starting point for modern botany
nom. cons. (Nomen conservandum): Means “conserved name.”
prop. (propositum) “proposed.”
This indicates that a formal proposal was made to officially protect the name Justicia so it remains the valid name for this group of plants, even if there were historical reasons to change it.
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What you have there is what I like to call the Birth Certificate.
Sp. pl.: Short for Species Plantarum. This is the foundational book written by Carl Linnaeus.
1:15.: This indicates Volume 1, Page 15.
1753: The year of publication, and in this case pretty much the starting point for modern botany
nom. cons. (Nomen conservandum): Means “conserved name.”
prop. (propositum) “proposed.”
This indicates that a formal proposal was made to officially protect the name Justicia so it remains the valid name for this group of plants, even if there were historical reasons to change it.