The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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Phalaria

(Rallidae; syn. Fulica Giant Coot F. gigantea) L. phalaris, phalaridis  unidentified waterbird, probably the coot  < Gr. φαλαρις phalaris, φαλαριδος phalaridos  unidentified waterbird, probably the coot  < φαλος phalos  white; "Genera et Species typicae.  ...  2. Phalaria RCHB. gigas (Ful. — Eyd. et Souleyet.) R. (Phalaris Gesn. non Botanic.)  Ic. Av. t. 188. ic. 2454." (Reichenbach 1853); "Phalaria Reichenbach, 1853, Avium Systema Naturale, p. XXI.  Type, by original designation, Fulica gigas Eyd. et Souleyet = Fulcia [sic] gigantea Eydoux and Souleyet, 1841.  Reichenbach's text could be read as a new name for "Phalaris Gessner" (a pre-Linnaean, non-binomial name) considered preoccupied in Botany (Phalaris Linnaeus, 1755)." (JAJ 2020).


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