(2957) Proposal to conserve the name Dryopteris affinis (Lowe) Fraser‐Jenk. against D. affinis Kinahan (Pteridophyta: Dryopteridaceae).

(2957) Proposal to conserve the name Dryopteris affinis (Lowe) Fraser-Jenk. against D. affinis Kinahan (Pteridophyta: Dryopteridaceae) This earlier I D. affinis i Kinahan, although also illegitimate, being necessarily typified by the type of I D. caucasica i , the legitimate replacement name for I Aspidium affine i Fisch. Accordingly it is proposed here to conserve the name I Dryopteris affinis i (Lowe) Fraser-Jenk. against I D. affinis i Kinahan to maintain nomenclatural stability for the species concerned. [Extracted from the article]