Echinochloa colona (L.) Link subsp. edulis (Honda) Banfi & Galasso, comb. nov.

Received for publication: 20 October 2020

bas.: Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. subsp. edulis Honda, J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 3(1): 266. 1930 [4 Dec 1930] (Art. 58 of the ICN)

Accepted for publication: 25 November 2020

Online publication: 26 May 2021

≡ Panicum frumentaceum Roxb., Fl. Ind. (Carey & Wallich ed.) 1: 307. 1820 [prob. Jan-Jun 1820], non Salisb. [1796], nom. illeg. (Art. 53 of the ICN)

≡ Echinochloa frumentacea Link, Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 204. 1827 [1 Oct-27 Nov 1827]

≡ Oplismenus frumentaceus (Link) Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1(3): 45. 1829 [Apr 1829]

≡ Panicum crus-galli L. var. frumentaceum (Link)Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon: 104. 1885 [Jun_ Jul 1885]

≡ Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P.Beauv. var. frumentacea (Link) W.Wight, Century Dict. Cyclop. 12: 810. 1909

≡ Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P.Beauv. var. edulis Hitchc., Bull. U.S.D.A. 772: 238. 1920, nom. illeg. (Art. 52 of the ICN)

≡ Echinochloa colona (L.) Link var. frumentacea (Link) Ridl., Fl. Malay Penins. 5: 223. 1925 [1-6 Aug 1925]

≡ Panicum crus-galli L. var. edule Makino & Nemoto, Fl. Japan. (Makino & Nemoto): 1470. 1925, nom. illeg. (Art. 52 of the ICN)

– Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P.Beauv. var. frumentacea (Link) E.G.Camus & A.Camus [1922], isonym

– Panicum crus-galli L. var. edule Thell. ex B.de Lesd. [1934], isonym

Note: All these names are based on the illegitimate Panicum frumentaceum Roxb., a later homonym of Panicum frumentaceum Salisb. According to Art. 11.2 of the ICN, a name has no priority outside the rank at which it is published. Therefore, the epithet frumentacea has priority at specific and varietal rank, while edulis at subspecific rank.