Practice Question 3:

• The following names apply to the same taxon. They were validly published by different taxonomists working in different places at different times.

• Centaurium minimum (Howell) Piper (1904)

• Centaurium muhlenbergii (Griseb.) Wight ex Piper (1906)

• Centaurodes muhlenbergii (Griseb.) Kuntze (1891)

• Erythraea minima Howell (1901)

• Erythraea muhlenbergii Griseb. (1839)

• What is the correct name for this taxon in the genus Centaurium?

• ANSWER:

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