[Taxacom] highest number of new species described in one paper

Neal Evenhuis neale at bishopmuseum.org
Fri May 30 05:44:00 CDT 2008


>
>William Trelease published 214 new species in the genus Peperomia (Piperaceae)
>and an additional 23 varieties in the
>Flora of Peru (Macbride J.F. ed.) Publ. Field Museum of Natural History,
>Chicago, Botanical Series 13(2): 3-253. 1936.
>Of these 237 taxa 40 have been synonymized in the meantime.

Speaking of New World diversity:
How can we not list EO L ...er ... Wilson's recent (2003) tribute to 
the wonderful diversity of ants -- 336 Pheidole (if my hand count 
from the ZR listing was correct).

-Neal



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