Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Phytologia, Vol. 72: An International Journal to Expedite Plant Systematic, Phytogeographical and Ecological Publication; February, 1992
The authorship of Symplocarpus foetidus is more complicated. On p. 124, W. Barton provided an elaborate treatment of S. Foetidus. He mentioned the six word description of Michaux (given under the name Pothos foetida [l.] Ait.) along with a detailed description quoted verbatim from Nuttall. However, a formal description was unnecessary for the validation of the name S. Foetidus. For this reason, Nicolson and Thompson (pers. Comm.) attributed the combination to: r.a. Salisbury ea: W. Barton. However, we do not accept their conclusion for the following reasons.
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