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Bouteloua 14: 3-40 (III-2013) BOUTELOUA Revista científica internacional dedicada al estudio de la flora ornamental Vol. 14. 2013 BOUTELOUA Publicación sobre temas relacionados con la flora ornamental ISSN 1988-4257 Comité de redacción: Daniel Guillot Ortiz (Jardín Botánico. Universidad de Valencia) Gonzalo Mateo Sanz (Jardín Botánico. Universidad de Valencia) Josep A. Rosselló Picornell (Universitat de València) Editor web: José Luis Benito Alonso (Jolube Consultor y Editor Botánico. Jaca, Huesca). www.floramontiberica.org Comisión Asesora: Xavier Argimón de Vilardaga ((Institució Catalana d'Estudis Agraris) José Francisco Ballester-Olmos Anguís (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia) Carles Benedí González (Botànica, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona) Dinita Bezembinder (Botanisch Kunstenaars Nederland. Holanda) Miguel Cházaro-Basáñez (Universidad de Guadalajara. México) Manuel Benito Crespo Villalba (Universidad de Alicante. Alicante) Carles Puche Rius (Institució Catalana d´Història Natural, Barcelona) Elías D. Dana Sánchez (Grupo de Investigación Transferencia de I+D en el Área de Recursos Naturales) Gianniantonio Domina (Dipartimento di Scienze Botaniche, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italia) María del Pilar Donat (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Gandía, Valencia) Pere Fraga Arguimbau (Departament d´Economia i Medi Ambient. Consell Insular de Menorca) Emilio Laguna Lumbreras (Generalitat Valenciana. Centro para la Investigación y Experimentación Forestal, CIEF. Valencia) Blanca Lasso de la Vega Westendorp (Jardín Botánico-Histórico La Concepción. Málaga) Sandy Lloyd (Department of Agriculture & Food, Western Australia. Australia) Enrique Montoliu Romero (Fundación Enrique Montoliu. Valencia) Núria Membrives (Jardí Botànic Marimurta. Gerona) Segundo Ríos Ruiz (Universitat d´Alacant. Alicante) Roberto Roselló Gimeno (Universitat de València) Enrique Sánchez Gullón (Paraje Natural Marismas del Odiel, Huelva) Mario Sanz-Elorza (Gerencia Territorial del Catastro. Segovia) José Manuel Sánchez de Lorenzo Cáceres (Servicio de Parques y Jardines. Murcia) Piet Van der Meer (Viveros Vangarden. Valencia) Filip Verloove (National Botanic Garden of Belgium. Bélgica) Los originales deben enviarse a [email protected] Bouteloua está indexada en DIALNET, Hemeroteca Virtual de Sumarios de Revistas Científicas Españolas En portada, Catálogo de P. van der Meer Cson. 1907 (original propiedad de P. van der Meer) Bouteloua 14: 3-40 (III-2013). ISSN 1988-4257 Epónimos del género Euphorbia L. José Manuel SÁNCHEZ DE LORENZO-CCERES Ingeniero Técnico Agrícola Concejalía de Medio Ambiente. Servicio de Parques y Jardines Ayuntamiento de Murcia RESUMEN : Se reúne una lista de 787 epítetos del género Euphorbia dedicados a personalidades. Palabras clave: epónimos, Euphorbia , etimología. ABSTRACT : A list of 787 epithets of genus Euphorbia named after a person’s name is given. Key words: eponyms, Euphorbia , etymology. INTRODUCCIN cies, subespecies, variedades e híbridos de Eu- phorbia , teniendo en cuenta tanto nombres váli- El género Euphorbia consta de unas 2.000 a dos como ilegítimos y sinonimias. Para conocer a 2.100 especies, según el tratamiento, constituí- qué personajes se dedicaban los taxones se han yendo uno de los géneros más extensos de todas utilizado numerosas referencias, tanto las de tipo las plantas con flores conocidas. Dentro de este etimológico general como los propios protólo- amplio género se encuentran las llamadas “leche- gos, estando recogidas todas ellas en la bibliogra- treznas”, “tártagos” y “titimalos”, que son eufor- fía. bias generalmente herbáceas o frutescentes, y el Para cada uno de los personajes a los que el abundante grupo de las euforbias suculentas, a epíteto honra hemos procurado mencionar su menudo de porte arbustivo o arborescente y que, nombre completo, nacionalidad, fecha de naci- con frecuencia, son confundidas por su aspecto miento si se conoce, fecha de fallecimiento si hu- con cactus por los no iniciados en la botánica, biera acontecido y se conoce y, al menos en el hecho nada disparatado si tenemos en cuenta la caso de los nombres aceptados, alguna carácter- llamada evolución convergente, por la que orga- rística o cualidad del personaje o motivo por el nismos no emparentados, o de parentesco muy que el autor le dedica el nombre, sin entrar en distante, evolucionan de una forma similar como más detalles biográficos, que exceden la finali- respuesta a condiciones ecológicas parecidas, co- dad de nuestro trabajo. mo es el caso de las euforbias africanas y de los En el caso de los sinónimos y de los nombres cactus americanos, que llegan, a veces, a parecer- ilegítimos, puestos en negrita y cursiva, se men- se de una forma asombrosa. ciona entre corchetes su nombre válido actual- Pertenece a la familia Euphorbiaceae , sub- mente aceptado, y para todos los taxones men- familia Euphorbioideae , tribu Euphorbieae , y cionados se han empleado las abreviaturas de hasta hace poco tiempo se consideraba que junto autores botánicos aceptadas en general (Brum- con Pedilanthus , Chamaesyce , Elaeophorbia , mitt & Powell, 1992). Cubanthus , Monadenium , Synadenium y Enade- nium , formaba la subtribu Euphorbiinae (Rad- RESULTADOS cliffe-Smith, 2001), pero los modernos estudios moleculares han demostrado que dicha subtribu De los 4.994 epítetos listados, un total de comprende 4 grupos monofiléticos y, como con- 787 corresponden a nombres de personas (epóni- secuencia de ello, todos estos géneros, tradicio- mos), lo que supone el 15,75 % del total. Se lis- nalmente separados, se incluyen ahora en Eu- tan en orden alfabético y se explican los 787 epó- phorbia , habiéndose producido los necesarios nimos. cambios nomenclaturales (Steinmann, 2003), No hemos sido capaces de encontrar refe- (Steinmann & al ., 2007), (Oudejans, 1989, 19 rencias concretas para los epítetos: bouleyi , bru- 92), (Bruyns & al ., 2006), (Bruyns, 2007), (Car- nellii , gregorsenii , guentheri y wittmannii , y en ter, 1985), que han contribuido a aumentar, aún la explicación de una decena de ellos hemos em- más, el ya extenso número de epítetos específi- pleado por prudencia la palabra “ probable- cos existentes. mente ”, al no tener plena certeza del personaje a quien estaba dedicado el taxón. MATERIAL Y M TODOS La recomendación 60H.1 del Código Inter- nacional de Nomenclatura de algas, hongos y Se ha chequeado la base de datos “ The Plant plantas (Melbourne, 2012) viene a decir que “ La List ” y se han obtenido 4.994 epítetos de ESPE- etimología de los nuevos nombres de géneros o 3 Epónimos del género Euphorbia L. de los epítetos específicos de los nuevos taxones, tró la planta en Andrahomana, Madagascar. debe explicarse en el protólogo, sobre todo E. amandi Oudejans, dedicado al botánico ale- cuando su significado no es evidente ”. Esta reco- mán afincado en Chile, Rodolfo Amando Philip- mendación no era tenida en cuenta antiguamente pi (1808-1904). Nombre sustituto de E. minuta y, por ello, en ocasiones es dificil explicar la eti- R.A. Philippi descrita en 1891, por ya existir E. mología de géneros y de epítetos específicos, o minuta Loscos & J. Pardo descrita en 1863 y, por saber el persona-je concreto que deseaba honrar tanto, con prioridad. el autor del nombre. E. ambroseae L.C. Leach, dedicada a la Sra. M.N. Ambrose, quien, desde 1969 hasta 1971 re- Lista de taxones: colectó plantas para el botánico Leach en lo que actualmente es Zimbabue y en Mozambique. E. aaron-rossii A.H. Holmgren & N.H. Holm- E. anderssonii Millsp. [= E. punctulata Anders- gren, euforbia sufrutescente de Arizona descrita son], euforbia de las islas Galápagos cuyo nom- en 1988, dedicada a Aaron Ross, quien la reco- bre fue propuesto por Millspaugh en 1855 para lectó por vez primera. E. articulata Andersson, nombre inválido por ya E. abbottii Baker [= E. pyrifolia Lam. var. existir E. articulata Aubl. de 1775. El nombre pyrifolia ], euforbia arbustiva de las islas Masca- honra al botánico sueco Nils Johan Andersson reñas, dedicada al naturalista americano William (1821-1880), quien participó en una expedición Louis Abbott (1860-19 36), que la recolectó en la científica alrededor del mundo. isla de Aldabra. E. annamarieae Rauh, dedicada a la Sra. Anna- E. abdulghafooriana Abedin, planta anual nati- marie Braus-Ross, amiga de W. Rauh y una de va de Arabia Saudí, cuyo nombre está dedicado los esponsor de sus trabajos en Madagascar. al botánico pakistaní Abdul Ghafoor (1938- ), E. anthonyi Brandegee, euforbia dedicada a su quien trabaja y publica sobre las floras de Pakis- descubridor, el naturalista estadounidense Alfred tán y de Arabia Saudí. Webster Anthony (1865-1939), quien llegó a po- E. abolinii Korovin ex Pavlov [= E. mucro- seer una colección de casi 10.000 aves. nulata (Prokh.) Pavlov], nombre ilegítimo. Está E. antonii Oudejans, dedicado al botánico, polí- dedicado al botánico ruso de ascendencia letona, tico y religioso uruguayo, Dámaso Antoni (Anto- Robert Ivanovic Abolin (1886-1939). nio) Larrañaga (1771-1848). Nombre sustituto de E. abramsiana L.C. Wheeler, planta anual pros- E. lanceolata Larrañaga descrita en 1932, por ya trada, nativa de zonas áridas de California, dedi- existir E. lanceolata Spreng., descrita en 1807 y, cada a su recolector, el botánico estadounidense por tanto, con prioridad. LeRoy Abrams (1873-1956). E. appariciana Rizzini, euforbia nombrada en E. aellenii Rech.f. [= E. -opetdaghi (Prokh.) honor del botánico y recolector brasileño Appari- Prokh.], dedicada al botánico suizo Paul Aellen cio Pereira Duarte (1910-19 84), quien trabajó
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