Wikstroemia alberti (Regel) Mottet

Mabberley, D. J., 2018, A note on the chestnut vine and Séraphin Mottet’s ‘ Dictionnaire Pratique d’Horticulture et Jardinage’ (1892 - 1899), Blumea 62 (3), pp. 240-244 : 242

6. Wikstroemia alberti (Regel) Mottet 5 ([1898–]1899) 538; Domke (1932) 362, isonym – Thymelaeaceae (Turkestan)

Basionym — Stellera alberti Regel (1886) 616.

Although it may seem odd that the currently accepted authorities of names of such well-known plants as those of New Zealand, for example, are antedated in hitherto disregarded French works, this is hardly surprising when the method of putting together Index kewensis, the basis for most of today’s databases, is considered (see Mabberley 1990, 1991, for dis- cussion). Indeed, there are many other examples of Indopacific plant-names coined in other French books similarly formerly disregarded (see Mabberley 1999, 2004), though those names have latterly been incorporated in standard databases. Other such currently accepted New Zealand plant-names now very recently shown also to be attributed to French authors include Pimelea gnidia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Lam. and P. prostrata (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Lam. ( Thymelaeaceae ; see Mabberley 2017a).