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unusual facts about Otto Kuntze



Austroboletus lacunosus

Suillus lacunosus was proposed by Otto Kuntze in 1898 as a new name for the species, and because of its earlier publication date, takes precedence over the superfluous name Boletus cookei proposed by Pier Andrea Saccardo and Hans Sydow in 1899.

Banksia lindleyana

A major disruption to Banksia nomenclature occurred in 1891, when Otto Kuntze challenged Banksia L.f. on the grounds that Banksia J.R.Forst & G.Forst (now Pimelea) had been published before it.

Banksia speciosa

In 1891, German botanist Otto Kuntze challenged the generic name Banksia L.f., on the grounds that the name Banksia had previously been published in 1775 as Banksia J.R.Forst & G.Forst, referring to the genus now known as Pimelea.

Parasitaxus

; other synonyms include Podocarpus ustus (Vieill.) Brogn. & Gris, and Nageia usta (Vieill.) Kuntze.

Strombocactus

jarmilae (Halda) Halda
Cactus disciformis Kuntze
Echinocactus disciformis (DC.) K.Schum.
Echinocactus turbiniformis Pfeiff.
Mammillaria disciformis DC.
Pediocactus jarmilae ?

Terana caerulea

In 1763 Michel Adanson had devised the genus name Terana for similar crust fungi and in 1891 Otto Kuntze included coerulea in that genus to create the modern name.


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